If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.
Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.
To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.
Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.’
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