Proverbs 25:28 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁸ A person who does not control his temper is like a city whose wall is broken down.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ He that hath no rule over his own spirit Is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls. [Prov. 16:32.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

Common English Bible

²⁸ A person without self-control is like a breached city, one with no walls.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ Just like a city lying in the open and without surrounding walls, so also is a man who is unable to restrain his own spirit in speaking.

Proverbs 25:28 Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:5

Then Hezekiah strengthened his position by rebuilding the entire broken-down wall  and heightening the towers and the other outside wall.  He repaired the supporting terraces  of the city of David, and made an abundance of weapons and shields.

Nehemiah 1:3

They said to me, ‘The remnant in the province,  who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem’s wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned.’

Proverbs 16:32

Patience is better than power, and controlling one’s emotions,  than capturing a city.

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your son while there is hope; don’t set your heart on being the cause of his death.  ,

Proverbs 19:19

A person with intense anger bears the penalty; if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again.

Proverbs 22:24

Don’t make friends with an angry person, and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one,

1 Samuel 20:30

Then Saul became angry with Jonathan and shouted, ‘You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you are siding with Jesse’s son to your own shame and to the disgrace of your mother?

1 Samuel 25:17

Now consider carefully  what you should do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him! ’