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 ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus , Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
James 3:3
Now if we put the horses bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
James 4:7
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
No
Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 8:6
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turneth to his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle.
General references
Exodus 4:12
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.
James 3:3
Now if we put the horses bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.