Proverbs 25:28
Like a city that is broken in, and is without walls: so is the man that hath no control over his spirit.
Leeser Tanakh
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
27To eat too much honey is not good: so is it honor to set a limit to men's honor.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:17And now know and consider what thou canst do; for evil is determined on against our master, and against all his household; and he is too greatly a worthless man for me to 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 misery and in disgrace; and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and her gates are burnt with fire.
Proverbs 19:18Chastise thy son, for there is hope; and let not thy soul spare [him] for his crying.
Proverbs 22:24Make no friendship with a man given to anger; and with a man of fury thou must have no intercourse:
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 →