Proverbs 25:28

English Standard Version 2016

A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:32

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,

Nehemiah 1:3

And they said to me, “The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.”

2 Chronicles 32:5

He set to work resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down and raised towers upon it, and outside it he built another wall, and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.”

1 Samuel 20:30

Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.

Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.