Verse 3

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

Referenced Verses

• Ps 32:9 : 9 Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
• Prov 10:13 : 13 Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
• Prov 17:10 : 10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
• Prov 19:25 : 25 Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
• Prov 19:29 : 29 Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
• Prov 27:22 : 22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
• 1 Cor 4:21 : 21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
• 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.
• 2 Cor 13:2 : 2 I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
• Judg 8:5-7 : 5 He said to the men of Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian." 6 The princes of Succoth said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?" 7 Gideon said, "Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."