Verse 3

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

Referenced Verses

• Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [Else] they will not come near unto thee.
• Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
• Prov 17:10 : 10 A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
• Prov 19:25 : 25 Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
• Prov 19:29 : 29 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
• Prov 27:22 : 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
• 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
• 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full.
• 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
• Judg 8:5-7 : 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian. 6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when Jehovah hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.