Proverbs 26:3

Lighthouse Bible 2006

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

Cross References

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near to you.

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that lacks understanding.

Proverbs 17:10

A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Proverbs 19:29

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

Proverbs 27:22

Though you should pound a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

1 Corinthians 4:21

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

2 Corinthians 10:6

And having readiness to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I told you before, and tell you beforehand, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to those who previously have sinned, and to all others, that, if I come again, I will not spare: