Psalm 32:9

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Job 30:11

Because He has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off restraint before me.

Job 35:11

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’

Job 41:13

Who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle?

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, A bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the fool’s back.

Jeremiah 31:18

“I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained bull; Restore me, and I will return, For You are the Lord my God.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are foolish, They have not known Me. They are silly children, And they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge.”

James 3:3

Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.