⁹ Do not be like the ^(A)horse or like the mule,
Which have no understanding,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near you.

39 I said, “I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my ^(A)tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me.”

^3 (A)He who guards his mouth preserves his life,
But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.