Proverbs 25:28
He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.
Bible in Basic English
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 take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:17So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.
Nehemiah 1:3They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.
Proverbs 19:18Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.
Proverbs 22:24Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry 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 →