2Ki 19:28, Psa 32:9, Jam 3:3 | ESV | STEP | Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come into my ears , I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth , and I will turn you back on the way by which you came .

2 Kings 19:28

28 Because you have raged against me
and your complacency has come into my ears,
I will ^aput my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and ^bI will turn you back on the way
by which you came.

Psalms 32:9

9 ^cBe not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
which must be curbed with ^dbit and bridle,
or it will not stay near you.

James 3:3

3 If we put ^ebits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.