Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

Be ye

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].
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 3:3
Now if we put bits into the horses’ mouths to make them obey us, we guide their whole body as well.
James 4:7
So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him] and he will flee from you.

No

Job 35:11

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
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

“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.

General references

Exodus 4:12
Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and will teach you what you shall say.”
James 3:3
Now if we put bits into the horses’ mouths to make them obey us, we guide their whole body as well.