Psalms 32:9 · KJV
“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.”
— Psalms 32:9
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. {guide...: Heb. counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee}
Many sorrows {shall be} to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalms 32 — Context
Thou {art} my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. {guide...: Heb. counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee}
9Be 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.
10Many sorrows {shall be} to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all {ye that are} upright in heart.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people {is} foolish, they have not known me; they {are} sottish children, and they have none understanding: they {are} wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Job 35:11
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Jeremiah 8:6-7
I hearkened and heard, {but} they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
James 4:7-10
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 3:3
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
Jeremiah 31:18
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself {thus}; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed {to the yoke}: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou {art} the LORD my God.