Proverbs 26:3

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

Psalm 32:9

Be 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 to thee.

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Judges 8:5-7

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

Proverbs 17:10

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

Proverbs 19:25

Smite a scorner and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Proverbs 19:29

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

Proverbs 27:22

Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

1 Corinthians 4:21

What will ye? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

2 Corinthians 10:6

And having in a readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them who heretofore have sinned, and to all others, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

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

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

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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
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Proverbs 17:10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 19:25
Smite a scorner and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.
Judges 8:5
And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me: for they are faint, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
Psalm 32:9
Be 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 to thee.
1 Corinthians 4:21
What will ye? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
2 Corinthians 10:6
And having in a readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
2 Corinthians 13:2
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them who heretofore have sinned, and to all others, that, if I come again, I will not spare;