Psalm 32:9

Tree of Life Version

Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding, and must be held in with bit and bridle or they will not come to you.”

Cross References

Job 30:11

Because He has loosened my cord and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence

Job 35:11

who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, who makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

Job 41:13

His breath sets coals ablaze and flames dart from his mouth.

Proverbs 26:3

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

Jeremiah 31:18

For after I returned, I repented, and after that I was instructed, I struck my thigh— I was ashamed and also humiliated, for I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are foolish. They do not know Me. They are senseless children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they do not know.”

James 3:3

And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole body as well.