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Proverbs 26:3

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

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  1. Proverbs 26:1

    As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

  2. Proverbs 26:2

    As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

  3. Proverbs 26:4

    Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

  4. Proverbs 26:5

    Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.