Proverbs 26:3 Cross References - LEB

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

⁵ He said to the men of Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who are _⌊following me_⌋,* for they are weary, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian." ⁶ The officials of Succoth said, "Is the hand* of Zebah and Zalmunna in your hand now, that we should give bread to your army?" ⁷ Gideon said, "Well then, when Yahweh gives Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will trample your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness."

⁹ Do not be like a horse or like a mule, without understanding; that needs his tackle—bridle and rein—for restraint or he would not come near you.

¹³ On the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who lacks _⌊sense_⌋.*

¹⁰ A rebuke strikes him who understands deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.

²⁵ The scoffer you shall strike, and the simple, may they learn prudence, and reprove the intelligent and he will gain knowledge.

²⁹ Judgments* are prepared for the scoffers, and flogging for the back of fools.

²² If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle _⌊along with_⌋* the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.

²¹ What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

⁶ And _⌊we are ready_⌋* to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is completed.

² I have already said when I was present the second time, and although I* am absent now I also say in advance to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare anyone,