James 3:3
Behold, dwe put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
ἰδού, τῶν ἵππων τοὺς χαλινοὺς εἰς τὰ στόματα βάλλομεν πρὸς τὸ πείθεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν μετάγομεν.
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Psalms 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Isaiah 37:29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Psalms 39:0 To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
He illustrates the former proposition, that he that can rule his tongue may rule his whole body, by two similitudes: the first, of an unruly horse, which yet, as wanton as he is, being curbed in with a bit, may be easily managed; intimating, that even so, if a man’s tongue be well governed, the rest of the man will be under command.