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Proverbs 26:3
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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 donkey, 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 for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools.
Whips are for horses, and harnesses are for donkeys, so paddles are good for fools.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the backs of fools [who refuse to learn].
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools!
Vnto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rod to the fooles backe.
A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,And a rod for the back of fools.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Horses and donkeys must be beaten and bridled— and so must fools.
A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, 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.
You have to whip a horse, you have to put a bridle on a mule, and you have to beat a fool.
A whip for the horse, a goad for the ass, and a rod for the back of a fool.
You have to whip a horse, you have to bridle a donkey, and you have to beat a fool.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, 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.
Vnto the horse belongeth a whyppe, to the Asse a brydle, and a rodde to the fooles backe.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
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 asse; and a rod for the fooles backe.
Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.
Give not thy wealth to women, nor thy mind and living to remorse. Do all things with counsel: drink wine with counsel.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
Beting to an hors, and a bernacle to an asse; and a yerde in the bak of vnprudent men.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, 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 for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
A whip for the horse, A bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the fool's back.
A whip is for the horse, leather ropes are for the donkey, and a stick is for the back of fools.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
A whip for the horse, a bridle a for the ass, and a rod for the back of dullards.
A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an 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 is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
A whip for the racehorse, a tiller for the sailboat— and a stick for the back of fools!
A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
According to our notions, we should rather say, a bridle for the horse, and a whip for the ass; but it should be considered, that the Eastern asses are not only much more beautiful, but better goers that ours; and being active and well broken, they need only a bridle to guide them; whereas their horses being scarce, and often caught wild, and badly broken, are much less manageable, and need the correction of the whip. Proverbs 10:13, Proverbs 17:10, Proverbs 19:25, Proverbs 27:22, Judges 8:5-7, Psalms 32:9, 1 Corinthians 4:21, 2 Corinthians 10:6, 2 Corinthians 13:2
Reciprocal: Proverbs 19:29 - and Proverbs 26:1 - so Proverbs 29:19 - servant Isaiah 30:28 - a bridle Jeremiah 31:18 - as a
Cross-References
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord , who had appeared to him.
I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession.
Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you."
So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—
And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God."
Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,
A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham's time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.
The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.
So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the Lord blessed him.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A whip for the horse,.... One that is dull of going, or refractory and wants breaking;
a bridle for the ass; not to curb and restrain it from going too fist, asses being generally dull; but to direct its way and turn it when necessary, it being stiffnecked and obstinate; though the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it a "spear" or "goad", something to prick with, and excite it to motion; and so the Targum; or otherwise one would have thought the whip was fitter for the ass and the bridle for the horse;
and a rod for the fool's back; suggesting that the fool, or wicked man, is like the horse or the mule; though not without understanding of things natural, yet of things divine and moral; and as stupid as the ass, however wise he may conceit himself to be, being born like a wild ass's colt; and instead of honour being given him, stripes should be laid upon him; he should be reproved sharply, and corrected for his wickedness, especially the causeless curser, Proverbs 19:29.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 26:3. A whip for the horse — Correction is as suitable to a fool, as a whip is for a horse, or a bridle for an ass.
