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Want to know what the Bible says about Horses? Here are 139 Bible verses about Horses from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Proverbs 21:31 NIV
The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
    but victory rests with the Lord.
380
James 3:3 NIV
When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.
247
Habakkuk 1:8 NIV
Their horses are swifter than leopards,
    fiercer than wolves at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
    their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
230
Psalm 20:7 NIV
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
151
Jeremiah 46:4 NIV
Harness the horses,
    mount the steeds!
Take your positions
    with helmets on!
Polish your spears,
    put on your armor!
117
Psalm 20:6-7 NIV
6 Now this I know:
    The Lord gives victory to his anointed.
He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary
    with the victorious power of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
117
Isaiah 5:28 NIV
Their arrows are sharp,
    all their bows are strung;
their horses’ hooves seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.
114
Proverbs 26:3 NIV
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
    and a rod for the backs of fools!
108
Isaiah 63:13 NIV
who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in open country,
    they did not stumble;
106
Judges 5:22 NIV
Then thundered the horses’ hooves—
    galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.
102
2 Kings 2:11 NIV
As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.
98
1 Kings 4:26 NIV
Solomon had four thousand stalls for chariot horses, and twelve thousand horses.
97
Job 39:21-24 NIV
21 It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,
    and charges into the fray.
22 It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;
    it does not shy away from the sword.
23 The quiver rattles against its side,
    along with the flashing spear and lance.
24 In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;
    it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
90
Revelation 6:8 NIV
I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
83
Joel 2:4 NIV
They have the appearance of horses;
    they gallop along like cavalry.
79
Psalm 32:9 NIV
Do not be like the horse or the mule,
    which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle
    or they will not come to you.
76
Deuteronomy 17:16 NIV
The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the Lord has told you, “You are not to go back that way again.”
72
Jeremiah 12:5 NIV
“If you have raced with men on foot
    and they have worn you out,
    how can you compete with horses?
If you stumble in safe country,
    how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?
69
Psalm 147:10 NIV
His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
    nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
67
Psalm 33:17 NIV
A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.
67

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