Proverbs 25:28
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
King James Version
In Context
27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:17Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
Nehemiah 1:3And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof 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 an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
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 →