James 3:3

We — That is, men.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, we put bits in the horses” mouths ... - The meaning of this simple illustration is, that as we control a horse by the bit - though the bi...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(4) Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. (4) He shows by two comparisons, the one t...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Do not crowd into the ranks of the teachers, my brothers. You know that we teachers shall be judged more severely than other men; and there are many...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold . App-133.; but the texts read ei (App-118. a) de, "But if". bits . Greek. chalinos. Here and Revelation 14:20 . that . to the end t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3 We put bits in the horses’ mouths. By these two comparisons he proves that a great part of true perfection is in the tongue, and that it ex...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths - In...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold. So C. But 'Aleph (') A B, Vulga...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Control of the Tongue 1, 2. Warning against undue eagerness to teach: cp. Matthew 12:37 ; Matthew 23:7 ; Romans 2:19-20 ; 1 Corinthians 12...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Behold. — A more clumsy reading is insisted upon here: but if, instead of “behold.” The supporters of such curious corrections argue that the lea...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 14 HEAVY RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHERS-THE POWERS AND PROPENSITIES OF THE TONGUE-THE SELF-DEFILEMENT OF THE RECKLESS TALKER. James 3:1-8...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The writer now proceeded to show the effect of faith on speech. Beginning with the warning against every man setting up to teach, he proceeded to dea...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. (2) For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths ,.... By this, and the following simile, the apostle not only expresses the smallness of that member of th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Ver. 3. That they may obey us ] Horses, ass...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold , &c. As if the apostle had said, Think not the tongue a weak member because it is small; we put bits in the horses' mouths that they ma...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Here we begin a fourth division of the book, which continues to the end of Ch.4; in which our walk is tested by the circumstances of the world. Certa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Government of the Tongue. A. D. 61. 1 My bre...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He illustrates the former proposition, that he that can rule his tongue may rule his whole body, by two similitudes: the first, of an unruly horse, w...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also.' The thought of bridling the body...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

OUR SINS OF SPEECH CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES James 3:1 . Masters. —Teachers. In the sixteenth century “master” meant “schoolmaster.” Do n...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Caution against False Activity in Teaching and the Use of the Tongue. The danger of teaching and much speaking:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 19:28 ; Isaiah 37:29 ; James 1:26 ; Psalms 32:9 ; Psalms 39:1

³ Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

Related Commentaries of James 3:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 3:3