the preacher should be paid out of his work. Indeed, in the discussion he goes so far as to suggest that God was not talking about oxen. What he means, of course, is that He was not talking exclusively (or, perhaps, primarily) about oxen. Why is the proverbial form with its compactness valuable? And, especially, why is it of such great value in counseling? One major reason is that a proverb is portable truth. Compacted into that easily-memorized, often vivid or picturesque particular situation that