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1 Timothy 5 17-1 Timothy 5 18
The elders who are good leaders are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.For the Scripture says: Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain, and,“ The worker 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, Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain. Is God really concerned about oxen?Isn’t he really saying it for our sake? Yes, this is written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes should thresh in hope of sharing the crop.
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Proverbs 12:10
The righteous cares about his animal’s health, but even the merciful acts of the wicked are cruel.
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Isaiah 28:27
Certainly black cumin is not threshed with a threshing board, and a cart wheel is not rolled over the cumin. But black cumin is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
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Hosea 10:11
Ephraim is a well-trained calf that loves to thresh, but I will place a yoke on her fine neck. I will harness Ephraim; Judah will plow; Jacob will do the final plowing.