Proverbs 25:28

WEB

²⁸Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

KJV

²⁸He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

BSB

²⁸Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.

FBV

²⁸Someone ^[+] without control is as exposed as a town whose walls have been breached.

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Extra References

Proverbs 16:32

³²One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 22:24

²⁴Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,

³They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

2 Chronicles 32:5

⁵He took courage, built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, with the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo in David’s city, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

1 Samuel 20:30

³⁰Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

1 Samuel 25:17

¹⁷Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”