Proverbs 26:3 - Modern English Version

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, a rod is for the back of a fool.

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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.

Proverbs 26:3 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, which must be restrained with bit and bridle, or they will not come near you.

Proverbs 10:13

On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding.

Proverbs 17:10

One rebuke goes deeper into a wise man than a hundred blows into a fool.

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn what is prudent; reprove one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

Proverbs 19:29

Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Proverbs 27:22

Though you grind a fool in the mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his folly 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 being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is complete.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time. And being absent now, I write to those who have sinned before, and to all the others, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,