Psalm 32:9

New American Standard Bible 2020

Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you.

Cross References

Job 30:11

“Because He has undone my bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off the bridle before me.

Job 35:11

Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

Job 41:13

“Who can strip off his outer covering? Who can pierce his double armor?

Proverbs 26:3

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

Jeremiah 31:18

“I have certainly heard Ephraim grieving, ‘You have disciplined me, and I was corrected, Like an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord my God.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are foolish, They do not know Me; They are foolish children And have no understanding. They are skillful at doing evil, But they do not know how to do good.”

James 3:3

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