Proverbs 25:28
A city broken down without walls, [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!
Young's Literal Translation
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
27The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour — honour.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:17'And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he [is] too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.'
Nehemiah 1:3and they say to me, 'Those left, who have been left of the captivity there in the province, [are] in great evil, and in reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burnt with fire.'
Proverbs 19:18Chastise thy son, for there is hope, And to put him to death lift not up thy soul.
Proverbs 22:24Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,
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 →