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Proverbs 26:3

Proverbs chapter 26 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

Context

v.2As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

v.3This passage

v.4Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 32:9

    Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Elsethey will not come near unto thee.

  • Judges 8:5

    And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:21

    What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

  • Proverbs 17:10

    A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.

  • 2 Corinthians 13:2

    I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, to them that have sinned heretofore, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

  • Proverbs 19:25

    Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.