Psalm 32:9
Don't be like a horse or mule, without understanding. They are held in check by a bit and bridle in their mouths; otherwise they will not remain near you.
Proverbs 26:3
A whip is for the horses, a bridle is for the donkey, a rod is for the back of fools.
Job 35:11
who teaches us more than the earth's wild animals, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
James 3:3
Now if we put bits into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies as well.
Jeremiah 4:22
"For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They're stupid children, they have no understanding. They're skilled at doing evil, but how to do good, they don't know."
Jeremiah 8:6-7
I've listened and I've heard, and what they say is not right. No one repents of his evil and says, "What have I done?' "They all turn to their own course like a horse racing into battle.
Jeremiah 31:18
"I've certainly heard Ephraim shuddering with grief as they said, "You have disciplined me, and I'm disciplined like an untrained calf. Restore me, and let me return, for you are the LORD my God.
James 4:7-10
Therefore, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.