Proverbs 25:28
A person without self-control 1 is like a city breached and without walls.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:17Therefore know this and consider what you will do, for evil is plotted against our master, and against his whole house. He is such a worthless fellow that one cannot reason with him.”
Nehemiah 1:3They said to me, “Those in the province who survived the captivity are in great trouble and disgrace because the wall of Jerusalem has been broken open, and its gates have been set on fire.”
Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son while there is hope 1 and do not set your desire on putting him to death. 1
Proverbs 22:24Do not make a friend of someone who is ruled by anger 1 and you must not go with one who rages, 1
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 →