the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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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 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.
Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool with a rod to his 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
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.
for I will give you and your offspring forever all the land that you see.
Get up and walk around the land, through its length and width, for I will give it to you.”
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:
And to you and your future offspring I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as a permanent possession, and I will be their God.”
From there Abraham traveled to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
There was another famine in the land in addition to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.
The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Live in the land that I tell you about;
So Isaac settled in Gerar.
Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in that year he reaped a hundred times what was sown. 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.
