James 3:3

New American Bible - revised edition

If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we also guide their whole bodies.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:28

Because you rage against me, and your smugness has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, And make you leave by the way you came.

Job 41:13

His breath sets coals afire; a flame comes from his mouth.

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like a horse or mule, without understanding; with bit and bridle their temper is curbed, else they will not come to you.

Psalm 39:1

For the leader, for Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

Isaiah 37:29

Because you rage against me and your smugness has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, And make you leave by the way you came.

James 1:26

If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, his religion is vain.

James 3:4

It is the same with ships: even though they are so large and driven by fierce winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot’s inclination wishes.