Proverbs 26:3 KJV

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
Proverbs 26:3, King James Version

In context

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

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

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