3A 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 whipשׁ֣וֹטH7752Noun - masculine singularfor the horseלַ֭סּוּסH5483Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singulara bridleמֶ֣תֶגH4964Noun - masculine singular constructfor the donkeyלַחֲמ֑וֹרH2543Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularand a rodוְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶטH7626Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularfor the backsלְגֵ֣וH1460Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructof foolsכְּסִילִֽים׃H3684Noun - masculine plural