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?

Much food {is in} the tillage of the poor: but there is {that is} destroyed for want of judgment.

And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain {persons is} void of understanding.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain {persons} shall have poverty enough.

If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. {or a sheep: or, or a goat}

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength {is} great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.