Psalm 32:9

New International Version

Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

Jeremiah 4:22

“My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.”

Job 35:11

who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds in the sky?’

James 3:3

When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.

Jeremiah 31:18

“I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the Lord my God.

Job 30:11

Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they throw off restraint in my presence.

Job 41:13

Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor?