Good people take care of their animals, but wicked people are cruel to theirs.

We read in the Law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox when you are using it to thresh grain." Now, is God concerned about oxen?

Didn't he really mean us when he said that? Of course that was written for us. Anyone who plows and anyone who reaps should do their work in the hope of getting a share of the crop.

The elders who do good work as leaders should be considered worthy of receiving double pay, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

For the scripture says, "Do not muzzle an ox when you are using it to thresh grain" and "Workers should be given their pay."

They never use a heavy club to beat out dill seeds or cumin seeds; instead they use light sticks of the proper size.

"Israel was once like a well-trained young cow, ready and willing to thresh grain. But I decided to put a yoke on her beautiful neck and to harness her for harder work. I made Judah pull the plow and Israel pull the harrow.