James 3:3

Legacy Standard Bible

Now if we put the bits into the horses’ mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:28

‘Because of your raging against Me, And because your presumptuousness has come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose, And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

Job 41:13

“Who can strip off its outer armor? Who can come with its doubled bridle?

Psalm 32:9

Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose harness are bit and bridle to control them, Otherwise they will not come near you.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will keep watch over my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep watch over my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence.”

Isaiah 37:29

“Because of your raging against Me And because your presumptuousness has come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

James 1:26

If anyone thinks himself to be religious while not bridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

James 3:4

Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, they are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot wills.