Proverbs 26:3

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Proverbs 26:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 10:13

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

Proverbs 17:10

A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.

Proverbs 19:25

Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

Proverbs 27:22

Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

Judges 8:5

So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

Judges 8:6

But the leaders of Succoth asked, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your army?”

Judges 8:7

“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”

Psalms 32:9

Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.

1 Corinthians 4:21

Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?

2 Corinthians 10:6

And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,