Proverbs 25:28
He whose spirit is without restraint is a city that is broken down and without walls.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
In Context
27It is not good to eat much honey, so [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:17Now therefore know and consider what thou will do, for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house. For he is such a worthless fellow that [a man] cannot speak to him.
Nehemiah 1:3And they said to me, The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. Also the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and the gates of it are burned with fire.
Proverbs 19:18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 22:24Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:28
27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. I. Two things we must be graciously dead to:—1. To the pleasures of sense, for it is not good to eat much honey; though it pleases the taste, and, if eaten with moderation, is very wholesome, yet, if eaten to excess, it becomes nauseous, creates bile, and is the occasion of many diseases. It is true of all the delights of the children of men that they will surfeit, but never satisfy, and they are dangerous to those that allow… Read the whole commentary →