Proverbs 26:3

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Vnto the horse belongeth a whyppe, to the Asse a brydle, and a rodde to the fooles backe.

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  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Sela. I wil enforme the, and shewe the the waye wherin thou shalt go: I wil fasten myne eyes vpon the.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 In ye lippes of him yt hath vnderstodinge a ma shal fynde wysdome, but ye rodde belogeth to ye backe of ye foolish.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 One reprofe only doth more good to him yt hath vnderstodinge, then an C. stripes vnto a foole.
  • Prov 19:25 : 25 Yf thou smytest a scorneful personne, the ignoraut shal take better hede: & yf thou reprouest one yt hath vnderstondinge, he wil be ye wyser.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Punyshmentes are ordened for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 Though thou shuldest bray a foole wt a pestell in a morter like otemeell, yet wil not his foolishnesse go from him.
  • 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What wil ye? Shal I come vnto you wt the rodd, or with loue and the sprete of mekenesse?
  • 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 & are ready to take vengeaunce on all disobedience, whan youre obediece is fulfylled.
  • 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I haue tolde you before, & tell you before as present ye seconde tyme, & wryte it now beynge absent, vnto the which in tyme passed haue synned, & to all other: & yf I come agayne, I wil not spare,
  • Judg 8:5-7 : 5 And he sayde vnto the men of Sucoth: I praye you geue the people that are with me, some loaues of bred (for they are weery) that I maye folowe vpon Zebea and Salmana the kinges of the Madianites. 6 But the rulers of Sucoth sayde: Are the handes of Zebea and Salmana in thy handes allready, that we must geue bred vnto thy men of warre? 7 Gedeon sayde: Well, whan the LORDE delyuereth Zebea and Salmana in to my hade, I wyll thresshe youre flesh with thornes of the wyldernesse and with breares.

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  • Prov 26:4-11
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    4 Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:

    5 but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.

    6 He is lame of his fete, yee droncken is he in vanite, that comitteth eny thinge to a foole.

    7 Like as it is an vnsemely thige to haue legges & yet to halte, eue so is a parable in ye fooles mouth.

    8 He yt setteth a foole in hye dignite, yt is eue as yf a man dyd cast a precious stone vpo ye galous.

    9 A parable in a fooles mouth, is like a thorne yt pricketh a droncken man in ye hande.

    10 A man of experience discerneth all thinges well, but whoso hyreth a foole, hyreth soch one as wyl take no hede.

    11 Like as the dogg turneth agayne to his vomite, euen so a foole begynneth his foolishnesse agayne afresh.

  • 29 Punyshmentes are ordened for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.

  • 15 Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of ye lad, but ye rod of correccion driueth it awaye.

  • 3 In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.

  • 13 In ye lippes of him yt hath vnderstodinge a ma shal fynde wysdome, but ye rodde belogeth to ye backe of ye foolish.

  • 9 Sela. I wil enforme the, and shewe the the waye wherin thou shalt go: I wil fasten myne eyes vpon the.

  • 3 Beholde, we put bittes into the horses mouthes yt they shulde obeye vs, and we turne aboute all the body.

  • 16 but was rebuked of his iniquyte. The tame and domme beast spake with mas voyce, & forbad the foolishnes of ye prophet.

  • 6 A fooles lippes are euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto batayll.

  • 10 One reprofe only doth more good to him yt hath vnderstodinge, then an C. stripes vnto a foole.

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    22 Though thou shuldest bray a foole wt a pestell in a morter like otemeell, yet wil not his foolishnesse go from him.

    23 Se yt thou knowe the nombre of thy catell thy self, and loke well to thy flockes.

  • 5 A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

  • 10 Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

  • 3 The stone is heuy, and the sonde weightie: but a fooles wrath is heuyer then they both.

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    13 Witholde not correccion from ye childe, for yf thou beatest him wt the rodde, he shal not dye therof.

    14 Thou smytest him wt the rodde, but thou delyuerest his soule from hell.

  • 24 He that spareth the rodde, hateth his sonne: but who so loueth him, holdeth him euer in nurtoure.

  • 25 An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father, and heuynesse vnto his mother yt bare him.

  • 11 A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

  • 23 A foole doth wickedly & maketh but a sporte of it: neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch.

  • 22 Thorow a seruaut yt beareth rule, thorow a foole yt hath greate riches,

  • 29 Who so maketh disquyetnesse in his owne house, he shal haue wynde for his heretage, and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wyse.

  • 9 Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.

  • 15 The rodde and correccion mynistre wy?dome, but yf a childe be not loked vnto, he bryngeth his mother to shame.

  • 18 Like as one shuteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place, euen so doth a dyssembler with his neghboure,

  • 3 Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • 2 A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

  • 12 It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes, then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes.

  • 21 An vnwyse body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe, and ye father of a foole can haue no ioye.

  • 25 Yf thou smytest a scorneful personne, the ignoraut shal take better hede: & yf thou reprouest one yt hath vnderstondinge, he wil be ye wyser.

  • 20 Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

  • 27 And whan the Asse sawe the angell of the LORDE, she fell downe vnder Balaam. Then was Balaams wrath furious, & smote the Asse with a staffe.

  • 1 Like as snowe is not mete in sommer, ner rayne in haruest: euen so is worshipe vnsemely for a foole.

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    15 Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.

    16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist, but a discrete man forgeueth wronge.

  • 23 And ye Asse sawe ye angell of ye LORDE stodinge in ye waye, & his swerde drawen in his hade. And ye Asse turned a syde out of ye waye, & wete in to the felde. But Balaam smote her, yt she shulde go in the waye.

  • 17 Foolish me were plaged for their offence, & because of their wickednesse.

  • 1 He that is stiffnecked & wyll not be refourmed, shal sodenly be destroyed wt out eny helpe.

  • 16 A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.

  • 11 My sonne, despyse not the chastenynge of ye LORDE, nether faynte when thou art rebuked of him.

  • 2 There a man maye heare scourginge, ru?shinge, the noyse of the wheles, the crienge of the horses, & the rollinge of the charettes.