Proverbs 25:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.”
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“Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He whose spirit is without restraint Islikea city that is broken down and without walls.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A city broken down without walls, <FI>Is<Fi> a man without restraint over his spirit!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 25:28 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 20:30Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
- 1 Samuel 25:17Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
- 2 Chronicles 32:5Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
- Nehemiah 1:3And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
- Proverbs 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
- Proverbs 19:19A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
- Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
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