Proverbs 25:28
Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
World Messianic 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
27It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:17Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
Nehemiah 1:3They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
Proverbs 19:18Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.
Proverbs 22:24Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
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 →