James 3:3

Modern English Version

See how we put bits in the mouths of horses that they may obey us, and we control their whole bodies.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:28

Because you have raged against Me, and your self-assuredness has come up to My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bridle on your lips, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.

Job 41:13

Who can remove his outer garment? Or who can approach him with a double bridle?

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, which must be restrained with bit and bridle, or they will not come near you.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways, lest I sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth while the wicked are before me.”

Isaiah 37:29

Because your rage against Me and your tumult have come up into My ears, therefore I will put My hook in your nose, and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.

James 1:26

If anyone among you seems to be religious and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

James 3:4

And observe ships. Though they are so great and are driven by fierce winds, yet they are directed with a very small rudder wherever the captain pleases.