James 3:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 32:9 : 9 Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.
  • Ps 39:1 : 1 For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided,“I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
  • 2 Kgs 19:28 : 28 Because you rage against me, and the uproar you create has reached my ears; I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came.”
  • Isa 37:29 : 29 Because you rage against me and the uproar you create has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came.”

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Jas 3:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1The Power of the Tongue Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.

    2For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

  • Jas 3:4-11
    8 verses
    81%

    4Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot’s inclination directs.

    5So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.

    6And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.

    7For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind.

    8But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

    9With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God’s image.

    10From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

    11A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it?

  • Ps 32:9
    76%

    9Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.

  • Prov 26:3
    74%

    3A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

  • Prov 15:4
    68%

    4Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit.

  • Jas 1:26
    68%

    26If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
    68%

    10For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit.

  • Prov 21:23
    68%

    23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

  • Prov 14:3
    68%

    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Phil 3:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15Therefore let those of us who are“perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

    16Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained.

  • Nah 3:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2Portrayal of the Destruction of Nineveh The chariot drivers will crack their whips; the chariot wheels will shake the ground; the chariot horses will gallop; the war chariots will bolt forward!

    3The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties– so many that people will stumble over the corpses.

  • Rom 3:14
    67%

    14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

  • Titus 2:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

    9Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, to do what is wanted and not talk back,

  • Jas 1:19
    67%

    19Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

  • Prov 4:24
    67%

    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

  • Ps 39:1
    67%

    1For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided,“I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man.”

  • Jas 3:13
    67%

    13True Wisdom Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

  • Titus 3:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2They must not slander anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people.

    3For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

  • Prov 15:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

    2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

  • Isa 30:16
    66%

    16You say,‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say,‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.

  • 2 Pet 2:16
    66%

    16yet was rebuked for his own transgression(a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness).

  • Prov 10:31
    66%

    31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

  • Rev 9:19
    66%

    19For the power of the horses resides in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries.

  • Jas 1:23
    66%

    23For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.

  • Prov 16:23
    66%

    23A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.

  • 1 Pet 3:3
    66%

    3Let your beauty not be external– the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes–

  • Heb 3:7
    66%

    7Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!

  • Job 34:3
    66%

    3For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food.

  • Prov 19:3
    65%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 13:3
    65%

    3The one who guards his words guards his life; whoever is talkative will come to ruin.

  • Ps 33:17
    65%

    17A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.

  • Job 15:13
    65%

    13when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?

  • 2 Pet 2:19
    65%

    19Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.

  • Isa 37:29
    65%

    29Because you rage against me and the uproar you create has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came.”

  • Prov 25:15
    65%

    15Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
    65%

    3We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

  • Prov 29:1
    65%

    1The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.