Proverbs 26:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, And a rod for the fool’s back.

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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.

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.

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.

Proverbs 26:3 Cross References

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like the horse, like the mule, With no understanding, with bit and bridle, Else they do not come near you.”

Proverbs 10:13

Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, But a rod is for the back of him who lacks heart.

Proverbs 17:10

Reproof enters deeper into a wise man Than a hundred strikes on a fool.

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a scoffer, and the simple is made wise; And reprove one who has understanding, And he discerns knowledge.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are in store for scoffers, And beatings for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 27:22

Even if you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle Along with crushed grain, His folly shall not leave him.

1 Corinthians 4:21

What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of meekness?

2 Corinthians 10:6

and being ready to punish all disobedience, when your obedience is complete.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I have previously said, and I say beforehand, as being present the second time, and now being absent I write to those who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again I shall not spare,