Psalms 32:9

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.

World English Bible Classic

In The 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.

In Context

8I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

10Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in the LORD.

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Cross References

Job 30:11For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.

Job 41:13Who can strip off his outer garment? Who will come within his jaws?

Jeremiah 4:22“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Jeremiah 31:18“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the LORD my God.

James 4:7Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 32:8-11

Devout Confidence. 7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. 9 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. 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord , mercy shall compass him about. 11 Be glad in… Read the whole commentary →

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