1 Corinthians 9:9

“For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?”

"For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?" - 1 Corinthians 9:9
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What does 1 Corinthians 9:9 mean?

1 Corinthians 9:9 (KJV) "For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?" This verse from the Book of 1 Corinthians in the King James Version of the Bible is a part of a larger passage in…

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The Caring Heart of God: Insights from 1 Corinthians 9:9

The Apostle Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians, addresses a vital yet often overlooked principle rooted in the Old Testament and applicable to our lives today. In 1 Corinthians 9:9, he cites the Law of Moses, stating, "For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt…

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A Prayer for Justice and Compassion in Our Labors

O Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, my heart is filled with gratitude and reverence for Your eternal wisdom and unfathomable love. Among the many truths found in Your Word, I find comfort and challenge in the words of 1 Corinthians 9:9, which declare, "For it is…

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1 Corinthians 9:9 - "For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?"
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1 Corinthians 9:4 - "Have we not power to eat and to drink?"
2 Corinthians 9:9
1 Corinthians 13:9 - "For we know in part, and we prophesy in part."
1 Corinthians 11:9 - "Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man."
1 Corinthians 9:3 - "Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,"
2 Corinthians 9:1 - "For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:"
1 Corinthians 5:9 - "I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:"
1 Corinthians 16:9 - "For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries."
Eternal Victor's Crown: 1 Corinthians 9:25
1 Corinthians 9:6 - "Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?"
1 Corinthians 9:8 - "Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?"
1 Corinthians 9:23 - "And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you."
1 Corinthians 7:9 - "But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn."
1 Corinthians 12:9 - "To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;"
1 Corinthians 3:9 - "For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building."
1 Corinthians 9:14 - "Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel."
1 Corinthians 8:9 - "But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak."
1 Corinthians 1:9 - "God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord."
1 Corinthians 9:26 - "I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:"
1 Corinthians 10:9 - "Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents."
1 Corinthians 15:9 - "For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God."
2 Corinthians 1:9 - "But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:"
"Have we not power to eat and to drink?" - 1 Corinthians 9:4
1 Corinthians 9:5 - "Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?"