Proverbs 25:28

As a city open, and without compass of walls; so is a man that may not refrain his spirit in speaking. (Like a city that is open, and without any walls surrounding it, is a man who cannot refrain his own spirit from speaking.)

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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

27As it is not good to him that eateth much honey; so he that is a searcher of majesty, shall be put down from glory. (Like it is not good for him who eateth too much honey; so he who seeketh his own glory, shall be brought down from his place of honour.)

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:17Wherefore behold thou, and think, what thou shalt do; for malice is full-filled against thine husband, and against thine house, (or for malice is now filled full against thy husband, and against all thy family); and he is the son of Belial, so that no man may speak (sense) to him.

Nehemiah 1:3And they said to me, They that be left of the captivity, and that dwelled there still in the province, be in great torment, and shame; and the wall of Jerusalem is destroyed, and the gates of it be burnt with fire. (And they said to me, They who survived the captivity, and had returned there to the province, be in great torment, and shame or They who had remained there in the province, and had not gone into captivity, be in great torment, and shame; and the wall of Jerusalem is broken in many places, and its gates be burned with fire.)

Proverbs 19:18Teach thy son, and despair thou not; but set thou not thy soul to the slaying of him (or but do not thou beat him).

Proverbs 22:24Do not thou be (a) friend to a wrathful man, neither go thou with a wrathful 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 →

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