Proverbs 26:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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Referenced Verses

Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Prov 17:10 : 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Prov 19:25 : 25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Prov 19:29 : 29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Prov 27:22 : 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, 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 in the spirit of meekness?
2 Cor 10:6 : 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, 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 be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Prov 26:4-11
8 verses
81%
4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
9As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
11As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Prov 19:29
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29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Prov 22:15
78%
15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Prov 14:3
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3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Prov 10:13
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13In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Ps 32:9
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9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Jas 3:3
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3Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
2 Pet 2:16
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16But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
Prov 18:6
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6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Prov 17:10
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10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Prov 27:22-23
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73%
22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Prov 15:5
72%
5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Prov 19:10
72%
10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Prov 27:3
72%
3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Prov 23:13-14
2 verses
72%
13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Prov 13:24
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24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Prov 17:25
71%
25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Prov 29:11
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Prov 10:23
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23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Prov 30:22
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22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Prov 11:29
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29He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Prov 23:9
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9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Prov 29:15
71%
15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Prov 26:18
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Prov 19:3
70%
3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Prov 15:2
70%
2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
Prov 17:12
70%
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Prov 17:21
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21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Prov 19:25
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Prov 29:20
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20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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Prov 26:1
70%
1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Prov 12:15-16
2 verses
70%
15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
16A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Num 22:23
70%
23And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
Ps 107:17
70%
17Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
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70%
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16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
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2The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.