Proverbs 26:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not lyke a horse or lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding: whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle, lest they fall vpon thee.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding, a man shall finde wysdome: but the rod belongeth to the backe of the foolishe.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole.
  • Prov 19:25 : 25 If thou smytest a scornefull person, the ignoraunt shall take better heede: and if thou reprouest one that hath vnderstanding, he wyll be the wyser.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Iudgementes are ordeyned for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne: yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym.
  • 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What wyl ye? Shal I come vnto you with a rodde, or in loue and in the spirite of mekenesse?
  • 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 And are readie to take vengeaunce on all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfylled.
  • 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I tolde you before, and tell you before, as though I had ben present with you the seconde tyme, so write I nowe beyng absent, to them which in time past haue sinned, and to all other, that yf I come agayne, I wyll not spare,
  • Judg 8:5-7 : 5 And he sayd vnto ye men of Sucoth: Geue I pray you, takes of bread vnto ye people that folow me, for they be fayntie, that I may folowe after Zebah, and Zalmana, kynges of Madian. 6 And the lordes of Sucoth sayde: Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmana now in thyne handes, that we should geue bread vnto thyne armie? 7 Gedeon sayde: Therfore when the Lord hath deliuered Zebah and Zalmana into mine hande, I will teare the fleshe of you with the thornes of the wildernes, and with bryers.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:4-11
    8 verses
    81%

    4Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.

    5But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.

    6As he that cutteth of his messengers feete endamageth himselfe: so doth he that committeth a message to a foole.

    7Like as in a lame man his legges are not equall: euen so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

    8He that setteth a foole in hye dignitie, that is euen as if a man would bynde a stone in a sling.

    9As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde: so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

    10The mightie that fourmed al thinges, rewardeth the fooles & transgressours.

    11Like as the dogge turneth agayne to his owne vomite: euen so a foole beginneth his foolishnes agayne afreshe.

  • Prov 19:29
    79%

    29Iudgementes are ordeyned for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.

  • Prov 22:15
    78%

    15Foolishnes is bounde in the heart of the chylde: and the rodde of correction shall driue it away.

  • Prov 14:3
    77%

    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Prov 10:13
    76%

    13In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding, a man shall finde wysdome: but the rod belongeth to the backe of the foolishe.

  • Ps 32:9
    75%

    9Be ye not lyke a horse or lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding: whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle, lest they fall vpon thee.

  • Jas 3:3
    74%

    3Beholde, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about all the body of them:

  • 2 Pet 2:16
    74%

    16But was rebuked of his iniquitie. The dumbe beast, and vsed to the yoke, speaking with mans voyce, forbad the madnesse of the prophete.

  • Prov 18:6
    73%

    6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.

  • Prov 17:10
    73%

    10One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole.

  • Prov 27:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne: yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym.

    23Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe, and loke well to thy flockes.

  • Prov 15:5
    72%

    5A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 19:10
    72%

    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

  • Prov 27:3
    72%

    3The stone is heauie, and the sande wayghtie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13Withholde not correction from the chylde: for if thou beatest hym with the rodde, he shall not dye thereof:

    14If thou smyte hym with the rodde, thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell.

  • Prov 13:24
    72%

    24He that spareth the rodde, hateth his sonne: but who so loueth hym, chasteneth hym betymes.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • Prov 29:11
    71%

    11A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • Prov 10:23
    71%

    23A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 30:22
    71%

    22A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde,

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

    29Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 29:15
    71%

    15The rodde and correction geueth wisdome: but a childe left to his owne will, bryngeth his mother to shame.

  • Prov 26:18
    71%

    18As he that fayneth him selfe mad, casteth firebrandes, deadly arrowes and dartes:

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Prov 15:2
    70%

    2The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 17:12
    70%

    12It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 19:25
    70%

    25If thou smytest a scornefull person, the ignoraunt shall take better heede: and if thou reprouest one that hath vnderstanding, he wyll be the wyser.

  • Prov 29:20
    70%

    20Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

  • Num 22:27
    70%

    27And when the asse sawe the angell of the Lorde, she fell downe vnder Balaam: and Balaam was wroth, & smote the asse with a staffe.

  • Prov 26:1
    70%

    1Lyke as snowe is not meete in sommer and rayne in haruest: euen so is worship vnseemely for a foole.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    70%

    15The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.

    16A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.

  • Num 22:23
    70%

    23And when the asse sawe the angell of the Lord stand in the way, and hauyng his sworde drawen in his hand, the asse turned aside out of the way, and went out into the fielde: And Balaam smote the asse, to turne her into the way.

  • Ps 107:17
    70%

    17Foolish men are plagued for their mischeuous wayes: & for their wickednes.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1He that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

  • Prov 3:11
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    11My sonne refuse not the chastening of the Lorde, neither faynt when thou art corrected of hym:

  • Nah 3:2
    69%

    2The noyse of the whippe, the noyse of ratling of wheales, the praunsing of horses, and the iumping of charets: