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 and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Jeremiah 31:18
I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, 'We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the Lord our God.
James 3:3
And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.
James 4:7
So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.
No
Job 35:11
who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'
Jeremiah 4:22
The Lord answered, "This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good."
Jeremiah 8:6
I have listened to them very carefully, but they do not speak honestly. None of them regrets the evil he has done. None of them says, "I have done wrong!" All of them persist in their own wayward course like a horse charging recklessly into battle.
General references
Exodus 4:12
So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say."
James 3:3
And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.