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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“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)“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“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“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 DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 32:9 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 30:11Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
- Job 35:11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
- Job 41:13Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?
- Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- James 3:3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
- James 4:7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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