Psalms 32:9
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 32
“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
What Does Psalms 32:9 Mean?
Psalms 32:9 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 32, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Psalms 32:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 26:3“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.”Proverbs 12:1“Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.”James 3:3“Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.”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?”Psalms 92:6“A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.”Jeremiah 8:6“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“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”James 1:26“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.”Psalms 73:22“So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.”Exodus 4:12“Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.”Proverbs 10:13“In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.”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.”2 Kings 19:28“Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.”Job 30:11“Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.”Job 41:13“Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?”Isaiah 30:28“And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.”Isaiah 37:29“Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.”
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