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Psalms 32:9
Psalms 32:9 is verse 9 of Psalms chapter 32, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
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Psalms 32:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
9 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.
10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
11 Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
James 3:3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
James 4:7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 4:9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
James 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
Job 35:11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
Jeremiah 8:6I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.