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.

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Do not be like the horse or the mule,
    which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle(A)
    or they will not come to you.

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(A)A whip for the horse,
A bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the fool’s back.

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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,(A)
    and a rod for the backs of fools!(B)

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Humility Cures Worldliness

Therefore submit to God. (A)Resist the devil and he will flee from you. (B)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (C)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (D)purify your hearts, you double-minded. (E)Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 (F)Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

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Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,(A) and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you.(B) Wash your hands,(C) you sinners, and purify your hearts,(D) you double-minded.(E) Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.(F) 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.(G)

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22 “For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me.
They are [a]silly children,
And they have no understanding.
(A)They are wise to do evil,
But to do good they have no knowledge.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 4:22 foolish

22 “My people are fools;(A)
    they do not know me.(B)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.(C)
They are skilled in doing evil;(D)
    they know not how to do good.”(E)

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[a]Indeed, (A)we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.

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  1. James 3:3 NU Now if

When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.(A)

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11 Who (A)teaches us more than the beasts of the earth,
And makes us wiser than the birds of heaven?’

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11 who teaches(A) us(B) more than he teaches[a] the beasts of the earth
    and makes us wiser than[b] the birds in the sky?’

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  1. Job 35:11 Or night, / 11 who teaches us by
  2. Job 35:11 Or us wise by

(A)I listened and heard,
But they do not speak aright.
(B)No man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his own course,
As the horse rushes into the battle.

“Even (C)the stork in the heavens
Knows her appointed times;
And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
Observe the time of their coming.
But (D)My people do not know the judgment of the Lord.

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I have listened(A) attentively,
    but they do not say what is right.
None of them repent(B) of their wickedness,
    saying, “What have I done?”
Each pursues their own course(C)
    like a horse charging into battle.
Even the stork in the sky
    knows her appointed seasons,
and the dove, the swift and the thrush
    observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know(D)
    the requirements of the Lord.

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18 “I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself:
‘You have (A)chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained bull;
(B)Restore me, and I will return,
For You are the Lord my God.

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18 “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
    ‘You disciplined(A) me like an unruly calf,(B)
    and I have been disciplined.
Restore(C) me, and I will return,
    because you are the Lord my God.

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