Psalm 32:9
Do not be like the horse or like the mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bridle and rein to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the backs of fools [who refuse to learn].
Job 35:11
Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
James 3:3
Now if we put bits into the horses’ mouths to make them obey us, we guide their whole body as well.
Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah];
“They do not know Me;
They are foolish children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd [enough] to do evil,
But they do not know [how] to do good.”
Jeremiah 8:6-7
“I have listened and heard,
But they have spoken what is not right;
No man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turns to his [individual] course,
As the horse rushes like a torrent into battle.
Jeremiah 31:18
“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
James 4:7-10
So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him] and he will flee from you.
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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the backs of fools [who refuse to learn].
“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
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Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
“For My people are stupid and foolish,” [says the Lord to Jeremiah];
“They do not know Me;
They are foolish children
And have no understanding.
They are shrewd [enough] to do evil,
But they do not know [how] to do good.”
“I have listened and heard,
But they have spoken what is not right;
No man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turns to his [individual] course,
As the horse rushes like a torrent into battle.