Psalm 32:9

American Standard Version (1901)

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Else they will not come near unto thee.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

Jeremiah 4:22

For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Job 35:11

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

James 3:3

Now if we put the horses’ bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.

Jeremiah 31:18

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.

Job 30:11

For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.

Job 41:13

Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?