Psa 32:9, 92:6, Pro 5:12-13, 9:7-8, Isa 1:3 | ESV | STEP | Be not like a horse or a mule , without understanding , which must be curbed with bit and bridle , or it will not stay near you.

Psalms 32:9

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

Psalms 92:6

6 The stupid man cannot know;
the fool cannot understand this:

Proverbs 5:12-13

12 and you say, ^c“How I hated discipline,
and my heart ^ddespised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.

Proverbs 9:7-8

7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 ^eDo not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
^freprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Isaiah 1:3

3 The ox ^gknows its owner,
and the donkey its master’s crib,
but Israel does ^hnot know,
my people do not understand.”