Psalms 32:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Be ye not lyke a horse or lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding: whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle, lest they fall vpon thee.

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  • Prov 26:3 : 3 Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.
  • Jas 3:3 : 3 Beholde, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about all the body of them:
  • Jas 4:7-9 : 7 Submit your selues therfore to God: but resist the deuyll, and he wyll flee from you. 8 Drawe nye to God, and he wyll drawe nye to you. Clense your handes ye sinners, and purifie your heartes ye double mynded. 9 Suffer afflictions, and mourne, and weepe: Let your laughter be turned to mournyng, and your ioy to heauinesse. 10 Humble your selues in the sight of the Lorde, and he shall lyft you vp.
  • Job 35:11 : 11 Which teacheth vs more the the beastes of the earth, and geueth vs more wysdome then the foules of heauen.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 Neuerthelesse, this shall come vpon them, because my people is become foolishe, and hath not knowen me: they are the children of foolishnesse, and without any discretion: To do euyll, they haue wit inough: but to do well, they haue no wisdome.
  • Jer 8:6-7 : 6 For I haue loked and considered, but there is no man that speaketh a good worde, there is no man that taketh repentaunce for his sinne, that wyll so muche say, what haue I done? but euerie man turneth to his owne course, like a fierce horse headlong to the battaile. 7 The Storke in the ayre knoweth his appointed tyme, the Turtle doue, the Swallowe and the Crane consider the tyme of their trauayle: but my people wyll not knowe the tyme of the punishment of the Lorde.
  • Jer 31:18 : 18 Moreouer, I hearde Ephraim that was led away captiue complayne on this maner: O Lorde thou hast correct me, & thy chastenyng haue I receaued, as an vntamed calfe, conuert thou me and I shalbe conuerted: for thou art my Lorde God.

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  • 8I will geue thee wise instructions, and teach thee in the way wherin thou shalt go: & I wil guyde thee with mine eye.

  • Jas 3:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2For in many thynges we sinne all. If a man sinne not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle all the body.

    3Beholde, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about all the body of them:

  • Prov 26:3-4
    2 verses
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    3Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.

    4Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.

  • 17A horse for to saue is vanitie: and he can deliuer none by his great strength.

  • Job 39:18-20
    3 verses
    71%

    18When her time is that she fleeth vp on hie, she careth neither for the horse nor the ryder.

    19Hast thou geue the horse his strength, or learned him to ney coragiously?

    20Canst thou make him afrayde as a grashopper? where as the stoute neying that he maketh is fearefull.

  • 29Therfore thy furiousnesse agaynst me, and thy pride is come before me, I wyll put my ryng in thy nose, and my bridle bit in the iawes of thee, and turne thee about euen the same way thou camest.

  • 23Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe, and loke well to thy flockes.

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    30There is no wysdome, there is no vnderstanding, there is no counsayle against the Lorde.

    31The horse is prepared against the day of battayle: but the Lorde geueth victorie.

  • 16But was rebuked of his iniquitie. The dumbe beast, and vsed to the yoke, speaking with mans voyce, forbad the madnesse of the prophete.

  • 10He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse: he delighteth not in the legges of a man.

  • 28And because thou ragest against me, & thy tumult is come vp to myne eares, I will put my hoke in thy nostrels, and my byt in thy lippes, and wil bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest.

  • 12Yet vayne man would be wyse, though man newe borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte.

  • 16For ye haue sayde, No, but we wyll escape thorowe horses, therefore shall ye flee: And we wyll get vs vp vpon swift beastes, and therefore shall your persecutours be swifter.

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    31A grayhounde strong in the hynder partes, a ramme also, and a king against whom no man aryseth vp.

    32If thou hast done foolishly when thou wast in hye estate, or yf thou hast taken euyll counsayle, then lay thine hande vpon thy mouth.

  • 8Understande ye vnwyse among the people: O ye fooles, when wyll ye be well aduised?

  • 25Lest thou learne his wayes, and receaue hurt to thy soule.

  • 19A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes: for though he vnderstande, yet will he not regarde them.

  • 30And the asse sayd vnto Balaam: Am not I thine asse, whiche thou hast rydden vpon since the first tyme vnto this day? Was I euer wont to do so vnto thee? He sayde, nay.

  • 16But he shall not multiplie horses to hym selfe, nor bryng the people agayne to Egypt to increase the number of horses: forasmuch as the Lorde hath sayde vnto you, ye shall hencefoorth go no more agayne that way.

  • 10Thou shalt not plowe with an oxe and an asse together.

  • 6An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it.

  • 9Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • 4Thou shalt not moosell the oxe that treadeth out the corne.

  • 2If thou refuse to let them go, and wylt holde them styll,

  • 1To the chiefe musition Ieduthun, a psalme of Dauid. I sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes, that I offende not in my tongue: I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell, whylest the vngodly is in my syght.

  • 3The oxe hath knowen his owner, and the asse his maisters cribbe: but Israel hath not knowen, my people hath geuen no heede.

  • 28For it is a nation voyde of counsayle, neither is there any vnderstandyng in them.

  • 5Seyng thou art weery in runnyng with the footmen, howe wilt thou then runne with horses? In a peaceable sure lande thou mayest be safe: but howe wylt thou do in the furious pride of Iordane?

  • 5Set not vp your horne an high: and speake not with a stiffe necke.

  • 4For thou hast withholden their heartes from vnderstanding, therefore shalt thou not set them vp on hie.

  • 17They haue eares and they heare not: yea there is no breath in their mouth.

  • 15My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayne thy foote from their wayes.

  • 22So foolishe was I and voyde of vnderstanding: I was euen a bruite beast before thee.

  • 1Wo be vnto them that go downe into Egypt for helpe, and trust in horses, and put their confidence in charrets because they be many, and in horsemen because they be lustie and strong: but they regarde not the holy one of Israel, and they aske no question at the Lorde.

  • 3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • 10A ryghteous man regardeth the lyfe of his cattell: but the vngodly haue cruell heartes.

  • 13Who can discouer the face of his garment? or who shall come to him with a double brydle?

  • 31Thine oxe shalbe slayne before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eate thereof: Thyne asse shalbe violently taken away euen before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee agayne: Thy sheepe shalbe geuen vnto thyne enemies, and no man shall rescue them.

  • 24Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.

  • 7Aske the cattaile, and they shall enfourme thee: the foules of the ayre, and they shall tell thee.

  • 19My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way of the Lorde.