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Proverbs 26:3
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Proverbs 26:3
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Proverbs 26:3
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Proverbs 26:3
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3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
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Proverbs 10:13
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Proverbs 10:13
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Proverbs 10:13
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Proverbs 10:13
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13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
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1 Corinthians 4:21
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1 Corinthians 4:21
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21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline,(A) or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?
1 Corinthians 4:21
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1 Corinthians 4:21
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21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
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Psalm 32:9
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Psalm 32:9
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9 Do not be like the horse or the mule,
which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle(A)
or they will not come to you.
Psalm 32:9
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Psalm 32:9
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9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
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2 Corinthians 13:2
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2 Corinthians 13:2
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2 I already gave you a warning when I was with you the second time. I now repeat it while absent:(A) On my return I will not spare(B) those who sinned earlier(C) or any of the others,
2 Corinthians 13:2
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2 Corinthians 13:2
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2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
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2 Corinthians 10:6
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2 Corinthians 10:6
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6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.(A)
2 Corinthians 10:6
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2 Corinthians 10:6
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6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
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Proverbs 27:22
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Proverbs 27:22
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22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.
Proverbs 27:22
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Proverbs 27:22
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22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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Proverbs 19:29
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Proverbs 19:29
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29 Penalties are prepared for mockers,
and beatings for the backs of fools.(A)
Proverbs 19:29
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Proverbs 19:29
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29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
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Proverbs 19:25
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Proverbs 19:25
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Proverbs 19:25
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Proverbs 19:25
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25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
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Proverbs 17:10
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Proverbs 17:10
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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.
Proverbs 17:10
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Proverbs 17:10
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10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
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Judges 8:5-7
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Judges 8:5-7
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5 He said to the men of Sukkoth,(A) “Give my troops some bread; they are worn out,(B) and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna,(C) the kings of Midian.”
6 But the officials of Sukkoth(D) said, “Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread(E) to your troops?”(F)
7 Then Gideon replied, “Just for that, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna(G) into my hand, I will tear your flesh with desert thorns and briers.”
Judges 8:5-7
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Judges 8:5-7
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5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
6 And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
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