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Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, But much increase is by the strength of the ox.
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The Cost of a Clean Crib
Commentators explain that an empty, clean barn is easy to manage but produces nothing. True fruitfulness, whether in our work or spiritual lives, requires accepting the 'mess'—the challenges, inconveniences, and hard work—that comes with it. As one scholar notes, any real advantage involves things that might 'frighten the lazy.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That is, labor has its rough, unpleasant side, yet it ends in profit. So also, the life of contemplation may seem purer, cleaner than that…
19th Century
Anglican
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean...—A proverb which may be taken in various ways. Some have seen in it an exhortation…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Where no oxen [are] the crib [is] clean Or "empty" F26, so Jarchi and Aben Ezra. Oxen were used in Judea …
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There can be no advantage without something that, though of little importance, will frighten the lazy.
