Proverbs 25:28

New King James Version

Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:5

And he strengthened himself, built up all the wall that was broken, raised it up to the towers, and built another wall outside; also he repaired the Millo in the City of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

Nehemiah 1:3

And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also 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 than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 19:18

Chasten your son while there is hope, And do not set your heart on his destruction.

Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath will suffer punishment; For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go,

1 Samuel 20:30

Then Saul’s anger was aroused 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?

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that one cannot speak to him.”