Proverbs 26:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod `is' for the back of him who is lacking understanding.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.
  • Prov 19:25 : 25 A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.
  • Prov 19:29 : 29 Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!
  • Prov 27:22 : 22 If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.
  • 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 what do ye wish? with a rod shall I come unto you, or in love, with a spirit also of meekness?
  • 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 and being in readiness to avenge every disobedience, whenever your obedience may be fulfilled.
  • 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I have said before, and I say `it' before, as being present, the second time, and being absent, now, do I write to those having sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare,
  • Judg 8:5-7 : 5 and he saith to the men of Succoth, `Give, I pray you, cakes of bread to the people who `are' at my feet, for they `are' wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna kings of Midian.' 6 And the heads of Succoth say, `Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we give to thy host bread?' 7 And Gideon saith, `Therefore -- in Jehovah's giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand -- I have threshed your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the threshing instruments.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:4-11
    8 verses
    81%

    4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

    6He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

    7Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

    8As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So `is' he who is giving honour to a fool.

    9A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

    10Great `is' the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.

    11As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.

  • Prov 19:29
    79%

    29Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!

  • Prov 22:15
    78%

    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

  • Prov 14:3
    77%

    3In the mouth of a fool `is' a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

  • Prov 10:13
    76%

    13In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod `is' for the back of him who is lacking understanding.

  • Ps 32:9
    75%

    9Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

  • Jas 3:3
    74%

    3lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;

  • 2 Pet 2:16
    74%

    16and had a rebuke of his own iniquity -- a dumb ass, in man's voice having spoken, did forbid the madness of the prophet.

  • Prov 18:6
    73%

    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

  • Prov 17:10
    73%

    10Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

  • Prov 27:22-23
    2 verses
    73%

    22If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

    23Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

  • Prov 15:5
    72%

    5A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 19:10
    72%

    10Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.

  • Prov 27:3
    72%

    3A stone `is' heavy, and the sand `is' heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

    14Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

  • Prov 13:24
    72%

    24Whoso is sparing his rod is hating his son, And whoso is loving him hath hastened him chastisement.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A provocation to his father `is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 29:11
    71%

    11A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

  • Prov 10:23
    71%

    23To execute inventions `is' as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

  • Prov 30:22
    71%

    22For a servant when he reigneth, And a fool when he is satisfied with bread,

  • Prov 11:29
    71%

    29Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant `is' the fool to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

  • Prov 29:15
    71%

    15A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

  • Prov 26:18
    71%

    18As `one' pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

  • Prov 15:2
    70%

    2The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

  • Prov 17:12
    70%

    12The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, And -- not a fool in his folly.

  • Prov 17:21
    70%

    21Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

  • Prov 19:25
    70%

    25A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.

  • Prov 29:20
    70%

    20Thou hast seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.

  • Num 22:27
    70%

    27and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah, and croucheth under Balaam, and the anger of Balaam burneth, and he smiteth the ass with a staff.

  • Prov 26:1
    70%

    1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour `is' not comely for a fool.

  • Prov 12:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15The way of a fool `is' right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel `is' wise.

    16The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

  • Num 22:23
    70%

    23and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his drawn sword in his hand, and the ass turneth aside out of the way, and goeth into a field, and Balaam smiteth the ass to turn it aside into the way.

  • Ps 107:17
    70%

    17Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.

  • Prov 29:1
    70%

    1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

  • Prov 13:16
    70%

    16Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.

  • Prov 3:11
    70%

    11Chastisement of Jehovah, my son, despise not, And be not vexed with His reproof,

  • Nah 3:2
    69%

    2The sound of a whip, And the sound of the rattling of a wheel, And of a prancing horse, and of a bounding chariot, Of a horseman mounting.