Proverbs 25:28

Modern King James Version

He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a broken down city without a wall.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:5

And he made himself strong and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall outside, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

Nehemiah 1:3

And they said to me, The remnant left of the captivity there in the province is in great affliction and shame. And the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.

Proverbs 16:32

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

Proverbs 19:18

Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your soul on making him die.

Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if you deliver him yet you must do it again.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with an angry man; and you shall not go up with a man of fury,

1 Samuel 20:30

And 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 confusion, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?

1 Samuel 25:17

And now know and consider what you will do, for evil is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is a son of worthlessness, so that none can speak to him.