Bible Dictionary: Horse: Bits For

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James 3:3
Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
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Visiting Relatives in the East
... While on our return trip we stopped at the little town of Lincoln to water our horses,
and George took the bits out of the horse's mouth to let him drink. ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter xviii visiting relatives in.htm

When Diamond Got Round the Corner of the Hay...
... This Diamond did very gently for a minute or so, and patted and stroked his neck
too, and kissed the big horse, and had begun to take the bits of straw and hay ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 2 when diamond got.htm

John iv. 54; v. 1
... labor did not restrain us, He next gave us a law containing many commandments, imposing
it on us like bits and curbs placed upon an unruly horse to restrain ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xxxvi john iv 54.htm

A Peal of Bells
... The word is translated by some critics, "bells," by others, "bits," by some, "frontlets ...
written, so in every article that shall be by the horse shall holiness ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/a peal of bells.htm

Bit and Bridle: How to Escape Them
... "Be ye not as the horse, or as ... the appearance of evil, and shun every false way with
delicate sensitiveness of mind, we shall hear little about bits and bridles ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/bit and bridle how to.htm

Meanwhile Florian Varillo had not Gone to Naples. ...
... on which his name was written, and tearing it up in small bits scattered the ... francs,
he called a gay "Buona notte, Signor!" and turning his horse's head jogged ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/xxxi meanwhile florian varillo had.htm

Helena , Mother of the Emperor Constantine. --Her Zeal in the ...
... the nails she ordered to be formed into the bridle of his horse, not only ... century,
sending a piece to Sulpicius Severus, says that though bits were frequently ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter xvii helena mother of.htm

God Justified, Though Man Believes Not
... So he has; but all that he sees is a few bits of glass, which alter their ... there seemed
to come down to the beach at Brighton a huge black horse, which went ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/god justified though man believes.htm

Acts xv. 35
... seek what is good for them: we call in both horse-feeders and horse-doctors, and ...
figure, and yet no one puts curbs on her, and leg-ties, and bits, nor mounts ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxxiv acts xv 35.htm

And Disputes
... Any funeral would bring him straight from his horse to pray at the bier. ... It was a
clear case of Vampire. The man must be dug up, cut to bits, and burnt. ...
/.../marson/hugh bishop of lincoln/chapter vii name disputes.htm