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 fool's back.
Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: restore me, and I shall return; for you are the LORD my God.
James 3:3
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, 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 fowls of heaven?
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are stupid children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 8:6
I hearkened and heard, but they spoke not aright: no man repented himself of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turned to his own course, as the horse rushes into the battle.

General references

Exodus 4:12
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say.
James 3:3
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.