Proverbs 26:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 10:13

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a mocker, and the inexperienced learn a lesson; rebuke the discerning, and he gains knowledge.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgements are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 27:22

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him.

1 Corinthians 4:21

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

2 Corinthians 10:6

And we are ready to punish any disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I gave a warning when I was present the second time, and now I give a warning  while I am absent to those who sinned before and to all the rest: If I come again, I will not be lenient,