Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
Cross References
James 3:3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
Job 30:11Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Treasury of Scripture
Be you 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 to you.
Be ye
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 the LORD my God.
James 3:3
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
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Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 8:6,7
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle…
