Proverbs 26:3 “A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs…”

Proverbs 26:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

Geneva Bible 1599

Vnto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rod to the fooles backe.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

Bible in Basic English

A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

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Cross references

“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.”

Proverbs 10:13 Psalm 32:9 1 Corinthians 4:21 Proverbs 17:10 Proverbs 19:25 Proverbs 27:22

Proverbs 10:13 · BSB

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

Psalm 32:9 · BSB

Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.

1 Corinthians 4:21 · BSB

Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?

Proverbs 17:10 · BSB

A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.

Proverbs 19:25 · BSB

Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

Proverbs 27:22 · BSB

Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

Also

Proverbs 19:29

Proverbs 19:29 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

4Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

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