Cross References A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools. Psalm 32:9 Do not become like the horse and the mule, who have no understanding. With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, who come not near unto thee. Proverbs 10:13 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion. Proverbs 19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners: and striking hammers for the bodies of fools. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools. Proverbs 10:13 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion. Proverbs 17:10 A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool. Proverbs 19:25 The wicked man being scourged, the fool shall be wiser: but if thou rebuke a wise man, he will understand discipline. Proverbs 27:22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him. Judges 8:5-7 And he said to the men of Soccoth: Give, I beseech you, bread to the people that is with me, for they are faint: that we may pursue Zebee, and Salmana, the kings of Madian. . . . Psalm 32:9 Do not become like the horse and the mule, who have no understanding. With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, who come not near unto thee. 1 Corinthians 4:21 What will you? Shall I come to you with a rod? Or in charity and in the spirit of meekness? 2 Corinthians 10:6 And having in readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be fulfilled. 2 Corinthians 13:2 I have told before and foretell, as present and now absent, to them that sinned before and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare. Context Similitudes and Instructions…2As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man. 3A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.… Lexicon A whipשׁ֣וֹט (šō·wṭ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7752: A scourge, whip for the horse, לַ֭סּוּס (las·sūs) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird) a bridle מֶ֣תֶג (me·ṯeḡ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4964: A bridle for the donkey, לַחֲמ֑וֹר (la·ḥă·mō·wr) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2543: A male ass and a rod וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט (wə·šê·ḇeṭ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe for the backs לְגֵ֣ו (lə·ḡêw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1460: The back, the middle of fools! כְּסִילִֽים׃ (kə·sî·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool Additional Translations A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools. As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so is a rod for a simple nation. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools! A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools. Jump to Previous Ass Backs Bridle Donkey Foolish Fools Fool's Horse Rod WhipJump to Next Ass Backs Bridle Donkey Foolish Fools Fool's Horse Rod WhipExternal Links Proverbs 26:3 NIVProverbs 26:3 NLT Proverbs 26:3 ESV Proverbs 26:3 NASB Proverbs 26:3 ASV Proverbs 26:3 Bible Apps Proverbs 26:3 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 26:3 Chinese Bible Proverbs 26:3 French Bible Proverbs 26:3 German Bible Alphabetical: A and back backs bridle donkey fools for halter horse is of rod the whip OT Poetry: Proverbs 26:3 A whip is for the horse (Prov. Pro Pr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |