Psalm 32:9
Ye shall not be as the horse, as the mule, not understanding: with bit and curb to stop his youth, not drawing near to thee.
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, the curb for the ass, and the rod for the back of the foolish.
Job 35:11
And who teacheth us from the cattle of the earth, and he will make us wise above the birds of the heavens?
James 3:3
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they should yield to us; and we lead their whole body.
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, they knew me not; foolish sons are they and they not understanding; wise are they to do evil, and to do good they knew not
Jeremiah 8:6-7
I hearkened and I will hear, they shall not speak thus: no man lamented for his evil, saying, What did I? Every one turned back in his race as the horse rushing into battle.
Jeremiah 31:18
Hearing, I heard Ephraim being thrust away: Thou didst correct me, and I shall be corrected as a calf not being taught: turn me back and I shall be turned back, for thou Jehovah my God.
James 4:7-10
Be subjected therefore to God. Resist the accuser, and he will flee from you.