Psalms 32:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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Read Psalms 32:9 in the flow of Psalms32 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Psalms32 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, Elsethey will not come near unto thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Be ye not as a horse--as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 32:9 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 30:11Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
  2. Job 35:11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
  3. Job 41:13Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
  4. Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
  5. Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
  6. Jeremiah 8:6I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
  7. Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
  8. James 3:3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
  9. James 4:7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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