Proverbs 26:3

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of him who has discernment wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

1 Corinthians 4:21

What do ye want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

Psalm 32:9

Become ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding, whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [else] they will not come near to thee.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I have told you before, and I say in advance, as present the second time, and now absent, I write to those who have previously sinned, and to all the others, that if I come to it again, I will not spare,

2 Corinthians 10:6

and having in readiness to avenge every disobedience, whenever your obedience is fulfilled.

Proverbs 27:22

Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.

Proverbs 19:25

Smite a scoffer, and a simple man will learn prudence. And reprove him who has understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke enters deeper into him who has understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.