Verse 9

Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled with bit and bridle or they will not come near you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 26:3 : 3 A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
  • Jas 3:3 : 3 Now if we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.
  • Jas 4:7-9 : 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
  • Job 35:11 : 11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
  • Jer 8:6-7 : 6 I have listened and heard, but they do not speak what is right. No one repents of their wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turns to their own course, like a horse charging into battle. 7 Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane—they observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
  • Jer 31:18 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s lamenting: 'You disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you are the LORD my God.'