Proverbs 26:3 - Catholic Public Domain Version

³ A whip is for a horse, and a muzzle is for donkey, and a rod is for the back of the imprudent.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the fool's back.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a [straight, slender] rod for the backs of [self-confident] fools.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

Common English Bible

³ A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

English Standard Version 2016

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

Proverbs 26:3 Cross References

Psalm 32:9

For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of the wise, wisdom is discovered. And a rod is for the back of one who lacks heart.

Proverbs 17:10

A correction benefits more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.

Proverbs 19:25

When the pestilent are scourged, the foolish will become wiser. But if you chastise the wise, he will understand discipline.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for those who ridicule. And striking hammers are prepared for the bodies of the foolish.

Proverbs 27:22

Even if you were to crush the foolish with a mortar, as when a pestle strikes over pearled barley, his foolishness would not be taken from him.

1 Corinthians 4:21

What would you prefer? Should I return to you with a rod, or with charity and a spirit of meekness?

2 Corinthians 10:6

and standing ready to repudiate every disobedience, when your own obedience has been fulfilled.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I have preached when present, and I will preach now while absent, to those who sinned before, and to all the others, because, when I arrive again, I will not be lenient with you.