James 3:3

"Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body."

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2 Kings 19:28

Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will 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.

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.

Psalms 39:1

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

James 1:26

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

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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.

All Translations

BBE BBE

Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.

DBY DBY

Behold, we put the bits in the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us, and we turn round their whole bodies.

KJV King James Version

Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

WBT WBT

Behold, we put bits in the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

WEB WEB

Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body.

YLT YLT

lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;