Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
Psalm 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, Else they will not come near unto thee.
Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Judges 8:5-7
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.
Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 19:25
Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 19:29
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
1 Corinthians 4:21
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
2 Corinthians 10:6
and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full.
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;