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1 Timothy 5 17-1 Timothy 5 18
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.For the Scripture says,“ You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain,” and,“ The laborer is worthy of his wages.”
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1 Corinthians 9 9-1 Corinthians 9 10
For it is written in the law of Moses,“ You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it oxen God is concerned about?Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written, that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope.
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Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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Isaiah 28:27
For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing sledge, Nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cummin; But the black cummin is beaten out with a stick, And the cummin with a rod.
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Hosea 10:11
Ephraim is a trained heifer That loves to thresh grain; But I harnessed her fair neck, I will make Ephraim pull a plow. Judah shall plow; Jacob shall break his clods.”