Deuteronomy 25:4

“Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.”

"Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn." - Deuteronomy 25:4
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What does Deuteronomy 25:4 mean?

Deuteronomy 25:4 in the King James Version of the Bible says, "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn." At first glance, this verse may seem obscure and unrelated to modern life, but when examined closely, it reveals important principles of fairness…

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Nourishment in Sacrifice: Lessons from the Ox

In Deuteronomy 25:4, we find a seemingly straightforward directive: "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn." At first glance, this command may appear to be merely agrarian advice given to the Israelites about their work animals. However, upon deeper…

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A Prayer for Fairness and Justice: Honoring the Laborers of God

Dear Heavenly Father, As we come before You today, our hearts are filled with gratitude for Your Word which guides us in our daily lives. We reflect upon the verse from Deuteronomy 25:4, "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn." Lord, help us to understand…

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Deuteronomy 25:4 - "¶ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn."
Deuteronomy 4:25 - "¶ When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:"
Deuteronomy 25:13 - "¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small."
Deuteronomy 31:25 - "That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,"
Deuteronomy 25:14 - "Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small."
Deuteronomy 33:25 - "Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be."
Deuteronomy 25:10 - "And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed."
Deuteronomy 25:16 - "For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God."
Deuteronomy 27:25 - "Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen."
Deuteronomy 26:4-10
Deuteronomy 25:17 - "¶ Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;"
Deuteronomy 26:4-10
Deuteronomy 3:25 - "I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon."
Genesis 25-4
Deuteronomy 4:4 - "But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day."
Deuteronomy 25:1 - "If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked."
Deuteronomy 32:25 - "The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs."
Deuteronomy 25:8 - "Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;"
Deuteronomy 22:25 - "¶ But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:"
Deuteronomy 6:25 - "And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us."
Deuteronomy 25:6 - "And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel."
Deuteronomy 34:1-4 – Moses views the Promised Land from Mount Nebo.
Deuteronomy 34:1-4 – Moses views the Promised Land from Mount Nebo.
Deuteronomy 34:1-4 – Moses views the Promised Land from Mount Nebo.
Deuteronomy 4:44 - "¶ And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:"
Deuteronomy 12:25 - "Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD."
Deuteronomy 33:4 - "Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob."
Deuteronomy 12:4 - "Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God."
Deuteronomy 34:1-4 – Moses views the Promised Land from Mount Nebo.