Psalm 32:9
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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.
James 4:7-10
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Humility Cures Worldliness
7 Therefore submit to God. (A)Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 (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. 9 (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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Proverbs 26:3
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3 (A)A whip for the horse,
A bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the fool’s back.
James 3:3
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3 [a]Indeed, (A)we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.
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- James 3:3 NU Now if
Jeremiah 8:6-7
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6 (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.
7 “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.
Jeremiah 4:22
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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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- Jeremiah 4:22 foolish
Job 35:11
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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?’
Jeremiah 31:18
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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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