Psalm 32:9

Word of Yahweh

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Cross References

Job 30:11

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

Job 35:11

Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

Job 41:13

Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

Jeremiah 31:18

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Yahweh my Elohim.

Jeremiah 4:22

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are foolish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

James 3:3

Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.