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Proverbs 26:3

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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
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  1. Proverbs 10:13Rank 1 from verse 3
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    13In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

  2. 1 Corinthians 4:21Rank 2 from verse 3
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    21What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

  3. Psalms 32:9Rank 3 from verse 3
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    9Be 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.

  4. 2 Corinthians 10:6Rank 4 from verse 3
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    6And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

  5. 2 Corinthians 13:2Rank 5 from verse 3
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    2I 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:

  6. Judges 8:5–7Rank 6 from verse 3
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    5And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

    6¶ And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

    7And Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

  7. Proverbs 17:10Rank 7 from verse 3
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    10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  8. Proverbs 19:25Rank 8 from verse 3
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    25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

  9. Proverbs 19:29Rank 9 from verse 3
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    29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  10. Proverbs 27:22Rank 10 from verse 3
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    22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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Proverbs 26:3

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

bridle

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1. The bit, reins, or headgear used to guide and restrain an animal. 2. A means of restraint or control. 3. To restrain or control.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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fool

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Sense 1: A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding. Sense 2: As a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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back

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Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.

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26:2As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

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26:4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

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