Where a verse leads
Deuteronomy 25:4: Where It Appears, and Where It Leads to Christ
“Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.”Deuteronomy 25:4
Deuteronomy 25:4 is one of the verses The Living Bread keeps returning to. It anchors 2 different readings across the site. Each is listed below, with an honest note on how directly it is read of Christ. Read the verse first, then follow it wherever it leads.
Read it in its place
2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. 4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. 5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her. 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 25 · King James Version
The Scripture on both sides of it
The New Testament takes this up at:
“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 · King James Version
“For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.”
1 Timothy 5:18 · King James Version
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Every collection that stands on this verse
Shadows and types
Questions people ask
What does Deuteronomy 25:4 mean?
Deuteronomy 25:4 is one of the verses The Living Bread returns to again and again, because it opens onto Christ from several directions at once. Read it in its passage above, then follow the collections below to see how it is read across Scripture, each honestly labeled for how directly it speaks of Jesus.
Where is Deuteronomy 25:4 in the Bible?
Deuteronomy 25:4 is found in the book and chapter named in the reference. You can read the whole chapter, in the King James Version, on The Living Bread.
How does Deuteronomy 25:4 point to Jesus?
Follow the collections gathered on this page. Each one opens Deuteronomy 25:4 from a different angle, and together they show how the verse, read in its place, leads to Christ, who said that all the Scriptures speak of Him.