James 3:3

American Standard Version (1901)

Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [Else] they will not come near unto thee.
  • Ps 39:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David]. I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.
  • 2 Kgs 19:28 : 28 Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
  • Isa 37:29 : 29 Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

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  • Jas 3:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1Be not many [of you] teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

    2For in many things we all stumble. If any stumbleth not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

  • Jas 3:4-11
    8 verses
    81%

    4Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth.

    5So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!

    6And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

    7For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind.

    8But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison.

    9Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:

    10out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

    11Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet [water] and bitter?

  • Ps 32:9
    76%

    9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [Else] they will not come near unto thee.

  • Prov 26:3
    74%

    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

  • Prov 15:4
    68%

    4A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

  • Jas 1:26
    68%

    26If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man's religion is vain.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
    68%

    10For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

  • Prov 21:23
    68%

    23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 14:3
    68%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Phil 3:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you:

    16only, whereunto we have attained, by that same [rule] let us walk.

  • Nah 3:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2The noise of the whip, and the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

    3the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies; they stumble upon their bodies;--

  • Rom 3:14
    67%

    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

  • Titus 2:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.

    9[ Exhort] servants to be in subjection to their own masters, [and] to be well-pleasing [to them] in all things; not gainsaying;

  • Jas 1:19
    67%

    19Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

  • Prov 4:24
    67%

    24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Ps 39:1
    67%

    1[For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David]. I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.

  • Jas 3:13
    67%

    13Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.

  • Titus 3:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.

    3For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

  • Prov 15:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

    2The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

  • Isa 30:16
    66%

    16but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

  • 2 Pet 2:16
    66%

    16but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man's voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.

  • Prov 10:31
    66%

    31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

  • Rev 9:19
    66%

    19For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails are like unto serpents, and have heads; and with them they hurt.

  • Jas 1:23
    66%

    23For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:

  • Prov 16:23
    66%

    23The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.

  • 1 Pet 3:3
    66%

    3Whose [adorning] let it not be the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel;

  • Heb 3:7
    66%

    7Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

  • Job 34:3
    66%

    3For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.

  • Prov 19:3
    65%

    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Prov 13:3
    65%

    3He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; [But] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

  • Ps 33:17
    65%

    17A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.

  • Job 15:13
    65%

    13That against God thou turnest thy spirit, And lettest words go out of thy mouth?

  • 2 Pet 2:19
    65%

    19promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.

  • Isa 37:29
    65%

    29Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

  • Prov 25:15
    65%

    15By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
    65%

    3giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;

  • Prov 29:1
    65%

    1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.