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James 3:3
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We put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us. With these bits we can control their whole body.
If we put bits into the mouths of horses that they may obey us, we guide their whole bodies.
Beholde we put bittes into ye horses mouthes that they shuld obeye vs and we turne aboute all the body.
Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
Now if we put the bits into the horses' mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their whole body as well.
When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can control their whole bodies.
Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
Behold, we put bits in the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.
Indeed, we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
Behold we put bits into the horses mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
Remember that we put the horses' bit into their mouths to make them obey us, and so we turn their whole bodies round.
For if we putten bridlis `in to horsis mouthis, for to consente to vs, and we leden aboute al the bodi of hem.
Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths, that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
When we put bits into the mouths of the horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
By putting a bit into the mouth of a horse, we can turn the horse in different directions.
Now if we put bits into the horses' mouths to make them obey us, we guide their whole body as well.
Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.
Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.
If we put a bit into a horse's mouth to make it obey us, we control its whole body as well.
Behold, we put the bits in the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us, and we turn round their whole bodies.
Now if we put bits into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies as well.Psalm 32:9;">[xr]
For, behold, bridles into the mouth of horses we throw that we may make them submissive to us, and their whole body we turn.
Behold, we put bridles into the mouth of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
Behold, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about their whole body.
We make a horse go wherever we want it to go by a small bit in its mouth. We turn its whole body by this.
If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide their whole bodies.
Beholde, we put bittes into the horses mouthes, that they should obey vs, and we turne about all their bodie.
Behold, we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
Now, if, the horses bits, into their mouths, we thrust, to the end they may be yielding to us, their whole body also, do we turn about.
For if we put bits into the mouths of horses, that they may obey us: and we turn about their whole body.
Beholde, we put bittes in the horses mouthes, that they may obey vs, and we turne about all the body of them:
We put a bit into the mouth of a horse to make it obey us, and we are able to make it go where we want.
Now if we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we direct their whole bodies.
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
And if we put bits in the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we also guide their whole bodies.
Behold, we put bits in the mouths of the horses, for them to obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;
Beholde, we put bittes into the horses mouthes yt they shulde obeye vs, and we turne aboute all the body.
you see how manageable horses are made by the application of a bit, which makes them take what motion we please.
A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it! It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell. This is scary: You can tame a tiger, but you can't tame a tongue—it's never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer. With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! My friends, this can't go on. A spring doesn't gush fresh water one day and brackish the next, does it? Apple trees don't bear strawberries, do they? Raspberry bushes don't bear apples, do they? You're not going to dip into a polluted mud hole and get a cup of clear, cool water, are you? Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here's what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It's the way you live, not the way you talk, that counts. Mean-spirited ambition isn't wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn't wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn't wisdom. It's the furthest thing from wisdom—it's animal cunning, devilish conniving. Whenever you're trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others' throats. Real wisdom, God's wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.
And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.
Indeed, [fn] we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body.
You know that a bit in a horse's mouth can control his whole body.
Now if we put the bits into the horses' mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
James 1:26, 2 Kings 19:28, Psalms 32:9, Psalms 39:1, Isaiah 37:29
Reciprocal: Numbers 12:3 - above Job 41:13 - double
Cross-References
The man replied, "It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it."
Then the Lord God asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The serpent deceived me," she replied. "That's why I ate it."
Then he said to the woman, "I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you."
And to the man he said, "Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.
In the dream God responded, "Yes, I know you are innocent. That's why I kept you from sinning against me, and why I did not let you touch her.
"Do not touch my chosen people, and do not hurt my prophets."
But reach out and take away everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face!"
But reach out and take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!"
"Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy, for the hand of God has struck me.
Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths,.... By this, and the following simile, the apostle not only expresses the smallness of that member of the body, which is like the bit in the horse's mouth, and the helm of a ship, but the good use of it, and the great influence it has over the whole body. Horses are without understanding, and need direction in what path to go, and are strong, and would be truly and ungovernable unless bits and bridles were put into their mouths:
that they may obey us; and go in the way we would have them:
and we turn about the whole body of the horse, this way, and that way, as is thought best, by the help of the bit and bridle; and of such use is the tongue to the natural body, that being bridled itself, bridles, directs, and governs the whole body; and its influence on bodies, and societies of men, and Christians, is like that of the bit in the horse's mouth; who, like horses, would be unruly and ungovernable, were it not for the force of language, the power of words, and strength of argument.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Behold, we put bits in the horses” mouths ... - The meaning of this simple illustration is, that as we control a horse by the bit - though the bit is a small thing - so the body is controlled by the tongue. He who has a proper control over his tongue can govern his whole body, as he who holds a bridle governs and turns about the horse.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse James 3:3. Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths — In order to show the necessity of regulating the tongue, to which St. James was led by his exhortation to them who wished to thrust themselves into the teacher's office, supposing, because they had the gift of a ready flow of speech, that therefore they might commence teachers of Divine things; he proceeds to show that the tongue must be bridled as the horse, and governed as the ships; because, though it is small, it is capable of ruling the whole man; and of irritating and offending others.