Psalm 32:9
Be ye not as the horse or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in subjection with bit and bridle, or they will not come near unto thee.
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Job 35:11
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
James 3:3
Behold, we put bits (or restraint) in the horses' mouths to persuade them, and we govern their whole body.
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish; the ignorant sons with no understanding have not known me; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 8:6-7
I hearkened and heard, but they did not speak aright: there was no man that repented of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? each one returned to his course as the horse rushes into the battle.
Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast afflicted me, and I was chastised as an indomitable bullock: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
James 4:7-10
Submit yourselves, therefore, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.