And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
Proverbs 25:28 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and hath no wall. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that hath no rule over his own spirit Is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls. Common English Bible A person without self-control is like a breached city, one with no walls. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As a city that lieth open and is not compassed with walls, so is a man that cannot refrain his own spirit in speaking. |
And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Chasten thy son, seeing there is hope; And set not thy heart on his destruction.
A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty: For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of a perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the shame of thy mother's nakedness?
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a son of Belial, that one cannot speak to him.