Proverbs 26:3

New International Reader's Version

A whip is for a horse, and a harness is for a donkey. And a beating is for the backs of foolish people.

Cross References

Psalm 32:9

Don’t be like a horse or a mule. They can’t understand anything. They have to be controlled by bits and bridles. If they aren’t, they won’t come to you.

Proverbs 10:13

Wisdom is found on the lips of those who understand what is right. But those who have no sense are punished.

Proverbs 17:10

A person who understands what is right learns more from just a warning than a foolish person learns from 100 strokes with a whip.

Proverbs 19:25

If you whip a person who makes fun of others, childish people will learn to be wise. If you warn those who already understand what is right, they will gain even more knowledge.

Proverbs 19:29

Those who make fun of others will be judged. Foolish people will be punished.

Proverbs 27:22

Suppose you could grind a foolish person in a mill. Suppose you could grind them as you would grind grain with a tool. Even then you could not remove their foolishness from them.

1 Corinthians 4:21

Which do you want? Should I come to you to correct and punish you? Or should I come in love and with a gentle spirit?

2 Corinthians 10:6

Until you have obeyed completely, I will be ready to punish you every time you don’t obey.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I already warned you during my second visit. I now say it again while I’m away. When I return, I won’t spare those who sinned earlier. I won’t spare any of the others either.