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 fool's back.
Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art 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 teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none 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 repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

General references

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

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