Psalm 32:9

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

Cross References

Job 30:11

For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.

Job 35:11

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

Job 41:13

Who can strip off his outer garment? Who will come within his jaws?

Proverbs 26:3

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

Jeremiah 31:18

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the LORD my God.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skilful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

James 3:3

Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.