Psalm 32:9

The English Standar Version

Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.

Cross References

Proverbs 26:3

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

Jeremiah 4:22

"For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are 'wise' -- in doing evil! But how to do good they know not."

Job 35:11

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?'

James 3:3

If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.

Jeremiah 31:18

I have heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the LORD my God.

Job 30:11

Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me, they have cast off restraint[2] in my presence.

Job 41:13

Who can strip off his outer garment? Who would come near him with a bridle?