Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Proverbs 26:3 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the fool's back. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools. Common English Bible A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools. |
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare: