Psalm 32:9

New Living Translation

Do not be like a senseless horse or mule that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”

Cross References

Job 30:11

For God has cut my bowstring. He has humbled me, so they have thrown off all restraint.

Job 35:11

Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals and wiser than the birds of the sky?’

Job 41:13

Who can strip off its hide, and who can penetrate its double layer of armor?

Proverbs 26:3

Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool with a rod to his back!

Jeremiah 31:18

I have heard Israel saying, ‘You disciplined me severely, like a calf that needs training for the yoke. Turn me again to you and restore me, for you alone are the Lord my God.

Jeremiah 4:22

“My people are foolish and do not know me,” says the Lord. “They are stupid children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no idea how to do right!”

James 3:3

We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth.