Proverbs 26:3
“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.”
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Cross-References
“Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.”
“In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.”
“Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.”
“I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:”
“What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?”