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Psalms 32:9

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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.

Be ye not as the horse {H5483}, or as the mule {H6505}, which have no understanding {H995}: whose mouth {H5716} must be held {H1102} in with bit {H4964} and bridle {H7448}, lest {H1077} they come near {H7126} unto thee.

Don't be like a horse or mule that has no understanding, that has to be curbed with bit and bridle, or else it won't come near you.

Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.

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, Elsethey will not come near unto thee.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 26:3 (11 votes)

    ¶ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

  • Jeremiah 4:22 (7 votes)

    For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

  • James 4:7 (6 votes)

    Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

  • James 4:10 (6 votes)

    Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

  • Job 35:11 (6 votes)

    Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

  • Jeremiah 8:6 (5 votes)

    I hearkened and heard, [but] they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

  • Jeremiah 8:7 (5 votes)

    Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.