'Bridle' in the Bible
And it cometh to pass afterwards that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and David taketh the bridle of the metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines.
Because of thine anger towards Me, And thy noise -- it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And have caused thee to turn back, In the way in which thou camest.
Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.
Who hath uncovered the face of his clothing? Within his double bridle who doth enter?
Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.
A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
And His breath is as an overflowing stream, Unto the neck it divideth, To sift nations with a sieve of vanity, And a bridle causing to err, Is on the jaws of the peoples.
Because of thy anger towards Me, And thy noise -- it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And I have caused thee to turn back In the way in which thou camest.
for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one is a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;