James 3:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

2 Kings 19:28

Because you have raged against me and your arrogance has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth; I will turn you back on the way by which you came.

Job 41:13

Who can strip off its outer garment? Who can penetrate its double coat of mail?

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding, whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not stay near you.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Isaiah 37:29

Because you have raged against me and your arrogance has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth; I will turn you back on the way by which you came.

James 1:26

If any think they are religious and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.

James 3:4

Or look at ships: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.