2 Kings 19:28

28Because 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.

Proverbs 26:3

3 eA whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and fa rod for the back of fools.

Isaiah 37:29

29 gBecause you have raged against me
and your complacency has come to my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and hI will turn you back on the way
by which you came.’
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