Proverbs 25:28
As a city whose walls are broken down, and which is unfortified, so is a man who does anything without counsel.
LXX2012 (US 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 eat much honey; but it is right to honor venerable sayings.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:17And now do you consider, and see what you will do; for mischief is determined against our lord and against his house; and he is a vile character, and one can’t speak to him.
Nehemiah 1:3And they said to me, The remnant, even those that are left of the captivity, are there in the land, in great distress and reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem are thrown down, and its gates are burnt with fire.
Proverbs 19:18Chasten your son, for so he shall be hopeful; and be not exalted in your soul to haughtiness.
Proverbs 22:24Be not companion to a furious man; neither lodge with a passionate 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 →