A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them
And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone e
So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing
A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.