3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Focused Passage
Proverbs 26:3
Fools, Sluggards, Quarrels, Gossip, Deceitful Speech, and the Ruin of Unrestrained Folly
The chapter moves from an extended warning about fools, to the self-deception of sluggards, to the danger of meddling and harmful joking, to gossip as conflict fuel, and finally to the concealed malice of lying and flattering speech.
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Verse 3
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A whip שׁ֣וֹט H7752 Noun - masculine singular for the horse לַ֭סּוּס H5483 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular a bridle מֶ֣תֶג H4964 Noun - masculine singular construct for the donkey לַחֲמ֑וֹר H2543 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular and a rod וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט H7626 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular for the backs לְגֵ֣ו H1460 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of fools כְּסִילִֽים׃ H3684 Noun - masculine plural