Verse 3

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled with bit and bridle or they will not come near you.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of those who lack understanding.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
  • Prov 19:25 : 25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will gain wisdom; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 Though you grind a fool like grain in a mortar with a pestle, their foolishness will not leave them.
  • 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
  • 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 And we are ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.
  • 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I have said before, and I am saying again now as though present, even though I am absent, to those who have sinned previously and to all the rest: If I come again, I will not spare anyone.
  • Judg 8:5-7 : 5 He said to the men of Succoth, 'Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.' 6 But the leaders of Succoth replied, 'Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands, that we should give bread to your army?' 7 So Gideon said, 'Very well, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will tear your flesh with thorns of the wilderness and briars.'