Proverbs 26:3
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.…
Cross References
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.

Lexicon
A whip
שׁ֣וֹט (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 Whip
Jump to Next
Ass Backs Bridle Donkey Foolish Fools Fool's Horse Rod Whip
External Links
Proverbs 26:3 NIV
Proverbs 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

Proverbs 26:2
Top of Page
Top of Page