Be you 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 to you. Treasury of Scripture Be ye Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool's back. Jeremiah 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke... James 3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. James 4:7-10 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you... no Job 35:11 Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven? Jeremiah 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are silly children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil... Jeremiah 8:6,7 I listened and heard, but they spoke not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done...
Context Blessed is He who is Forgiven
1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputes not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4For day and night your hand was heavy on me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 5I acknowledge my sin to you, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 6For this shall every one that is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come near to him. 7You are my hiding place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you shall compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. 8I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with my eye. 9Be you 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 to you. 10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusts in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. 11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous: and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Do not become like the horse and the mule, who have no understanding. With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, who come not near unto thee.
Darby Bible Translation
Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
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