Proverbs 26:3
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 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 ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Proverbs 26:3
- 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; Psalm 32:9; 1 Corinthians 4:21; 2 Corinthians 10:6; 2 Corinthians 13:2