The Ox
80 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
59 sections
- (Engaged in Husbandry) of Ministers
- (Led to Slaughter) of a Rash Youth
- (Led to Slaughter) of Saints Under Persecution
- (Not Muzzled in Treading Corn) of Minister's Right To
- (Prepared for a Feast) the Provision of the Gospel
- (Stall Fed) Sumptuous Living
- Beautiful
- Bull or Bullock of Fierce Enemies
- Bull or Bullock: (Fatted) of Greedy Mercenaries
- Bull or Bullock: (Firstling of) of the Glory of Joseph
- Bull or Bullock: (In a Net) of the Impatient Under Judgment
- Bull or Bullock: (Unaccustomed to the Yoke) Intractable Sinners
- Custom of Sending the Pieces of, to Collect the People to War
- Formed a Part of the Patriarchal Wealth
- Formed a Part of the Wealth of Israel in Egypt
- Formed a Part of the Wealth of the Jews
- Goes to the Slaughter Unconscious
- Heifer of a Beloved Wife
- Heifer: (At Grass) of the Luxurious Chaldees
- Heifer: (Fair) of the Beauty and Wealth of Egypt
- Heifer: (Of Three Years Old) Moab in Affliction
- Heifer: (Sliding Back) Backsliding Israel
- Heifer: (Taught) Israel's Fondness for Ease in Preference To
- Herdmen Appointed Over
- Horns and Hoofs of, Alluded To
- Includes The: Bull
- Includes The: Bullock
- Includes The: Cow
- Includes The: Heifer
- Increase of, Promised
- Kine of Proud and Wealthy Rules
- Kine: (Lean) of Years of Scarcity
- Kine: (Well Favoured) Years of Plenty
- Laws Respecting of Others If Lost or Hurt Through Neglect, to be Made Good
- Laws Respecting of Others not to be Coveted
- Laws Respecting: Fallen Under Its Burden to be Raised up Again
- Laws Respecting: Fat of, not to be Eaten
- Laws Respecting: If Stolen to be Restored Double
- Laws Respecting: Killing a Man, to be Stoned
- Laws Respecting: Mode of Reparation for One, Killing Another
- Laws Respecting: Not to be Muzzled when Treading out the Corn
- Laws Respecting: Not to be Yoked with an Donkey in the Same Plough
- Laws Respecting: Straying to be Brought Back to Its Owner
- Laws Respecting: To Rest on the Sabbath
- Lowing of, Alluded To
- Male Firstlings of, Belonged to God
- Not Without Sagacity
- Often Found Wild
- Often Given As a Present
- Often Stall-Fed for Slaughter
- Publicly Sold
- Rapid Manner of Collecting Its Food Alluded To
- Required Great Care and Attention
- Sea of Brass Rested on Figures of
- Strong
- The Wicked often Took, in Pledge from the Poor
- Tithe of, Given to the Priests
- Urged on by the Goad
- Young of, Considered a Great Delicacy
(Engaged in Husbandry) of Ministers
- Isaiah 30:24 The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
- Isaiah 32:20 Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
(Led to Slaughter) of a Rash Youth
- Proverbs 7:22 He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
(Led to Slaughter) of Saints Under Persecution
- Jeremiah 11:19 For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
(Not Muzzled in Treading Corn) of Minister's Right To
- 1 Corinthians 9:9–10 For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned? …
(Prepared for a Feast) the Provision of the Gospel
- Proverbs 9:2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
- Matthew 22:4 Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
(Stall Fed) Sumptuous Living
- Proverbs 15:17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
Beautiful
- Jeremiah 46:20 Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.
- Hosea 10:11 Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
Bull or Bullock of Fierce Enemies
- Psalm 22:12 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
- Psalm 68:30 Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
Bull or Bullock: (Fatted) of Greedy Mercenaries
- Jeremiah 46:21 Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them — the time of their punishment.
Bull or Bullock: (Firstling of) of the Glory of Joseph
- Deuteronomy 33:17 His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
Bull or Bullock: (In a Net) of the Impatient Under Judgment
- Isaiah 51:20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
Bull or Bullock: (Unaccustomed to the Yoke) Intractable Sinners
- Jeremiah 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
Custom of Sending the Pieces of, to Collect the People to War
- 1 Samuel 11:7 He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of …
Formed a Part of the Patriarchal Wealth
- Genesis 13:2 And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
- Genesis 13:5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
- Genesis 26:14 He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
- Job 1:3 and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
Formed a Part of the Wealth of Israel in Egypt
- Genesis 50:8 along with all of Joseph’s household, and his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children and flocks and herds were left in Goshen.
- Exodus 10:9 “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”
- Exodus 12:32 Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”
Formed a Part of the Wealth of the Jews
- Numbers 32:4 which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock — and your servants have livestock.”
- Psalm 144:14 Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
Goes to the Slaughter Unconscious
- Proverbs 7:22 He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
Heifer of a Beloved Wife
- Judges 14:18 Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
Heifer: (At Grass) of the Luxurious Chaldees
- Jeremiah 50:11 “Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph— you who plunder My inheritance— because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,
Heifer: (Fair) of the Beauty and Wealth of Egypt
- Jeremiah 46:20 Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.
Heifer: (Of Three Years Old) Moab in Affliction
- Isaiah 15:5 My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
- Jeremiah 48:34 There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
Heifer: (Sliding Back) Backsliding Israel
- Hosea 4:16 For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
Heifer: (Taught) Israel's Fondness for Ease in Preference To
- Hosea 10:11 Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
Herdmen Appointed Over
- Genesis 13:7 And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
- 1 Samuel 21:7 Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.
Horns and Hoofs of, Alluded To
- Psalm 69:31 And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
Includes The: Bull
- Genesis 32:15 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
- Job 21:10 Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
Includes The: Bullock
- Psalm 50:9 I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
- Jeremiah 46:21 Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them — the time of their punishment.
Includes The: Cow
- Numbers 18:17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Job 21:10 Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
Includes The: Heifer
- Genesis 15:9 And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
- Numbers 19:2 “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
Increase of, Promised
- Deuteronomy 7:13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land— your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks— in the land that He swore to …
- Deuteronomy 28:4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock — the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
Kine of Proud and Wealthy Rules
- Amos 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
Kine: (Lean) of Years of Scarcity
- Genesis 41:3 After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
- Genesis 27:30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
Kine: (Well Favoured) Years of Plenty
- Genesis 41:2 when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
- Genesis 41:26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.
- Genesis 41:29 Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,
Laws Respecting of Others If Lost or Hurt Through Neglect, to be Made Good
- Exodus 22:9–13 In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay …
Laws Respecting of Others not to be Coveted
- Exodus 20:17 You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
- Deuteronomy 5:21 You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Laws Respecting: Fallen Under Its Burden to be Raised up Again
- Deuteronomy 22:4 If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.
Laws Respecting: Fat of, not to be Eaten
- Leviticus 7:23 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
Laws Respecting: If Stolen to be Restored Double
- Exodus 22:4 If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession— whether ox or donkey or sheep— he must pay back double.
Laws Respecting: Killing a Man, to be Stoned
- Exodus 21:28–32 If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible. …
Laws Respecting: Mode of Reparation for One, Killing Another
- Exodus 21:35–36 If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal. …
Laws Respecting: Not to be Muzzled when Treading out the Corn
- Deuteronomy 25:4 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
- 1 Corinthians 9:9 For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
Laws Respecting: Not to be Yoked with an Donkey in the Same Plough
- Deuteronomy 22:10 Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.
Laws Respecting: Straying to be Brought Back to Its Owner
- Exodus 23:4 If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
- Deuteronomy 22:1–2 If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother. …
Laws Respecting: To Rest on the Sabbath
- Exodus 23:12 For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
- Deuteronomy 5:14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work— neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the …
Lowing of, Alluded To
- 1 Samuel 15:14 But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”
- Job 6:5 Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
Male Firstlings of, Belonged to God
- Exodus 34:19 The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.
Not Without Sagacity
- Isaiah 1:3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
Often Found Wild
- Deuteronomy 14:5 the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
Often Given As a Present
- Genesis 12:16 He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
- Genesis 20:14 So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
Often Stall-Fed for Slaughter
- Proverbs 15:17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
Publicly Sold
- 2 Samuel 24:24 “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
- Luke 14:19 Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
Rapid Manner of Collecting Its Food Alluded To
- Numbers 22:4 So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
Required Great Care and Attention
- Proverbs 27:23 Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds;
Sea of Brass Rested on Figures of
- 1 Kings 7:25 The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
Strong
- Psalm 144:14 Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
- Proverbs 14:4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
The Wicked often Took, in Pledge from the Poor
- Job 24:3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
Tithe of, Given to the Priests
- 2 Chronicles 31:6 And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.
Urged on by the Goad
- Judges 3:31 After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
Young of, Considered a Great Delicacy
- Genesis 18:7 Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
- Amos 6:4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
Related topics
The Ox used for FoodThe Ox used for PloughingThe Ox was Fed with GrassThe Ox used for Drawing WagonsThe Ox used for Earing the GroundThe Ox used for Sacrifice
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.