A set used to control a horse, with a metal bar placed in the mouth and straps or ropes fitted over the head.
About Bit and Bridle
The bit was a short bar, usually made of metal, placed in the mouth of a horse. Its ends, which projected from the mouth of the animal, were attached to ropes or leather straps that fitted over the head as the bridle.
Key References
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
All Scripture References (8)
2 Kings (1)
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
Job (1)
Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
Psalms (1)
Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
Proverbs (1)
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Isaiah (2)
His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
James (1)
When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
Revelation (1)
And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.