Proverbs 25:28

The Scriptures 2009

A man who has no control over his spirit Is like a broken-down city without a wall.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:5

And he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and outside of it another wall, and strengthened Millo, the City of Dawiḏ, and made large numbers of weapons and shields.

Nehemiah 1:3

And they said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity in the province are there in great evil and reproach. And the wall of Yerushalayim is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

Proverbs 16:32

He who is patient is better than the mighty, And he who rules over his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 19:18

Discipline your son because there is expectation, And do not set your being on his destruction.

Proverbs 19:19

One of great wrath bears punishment; For if you rescue him, You only have to do it again.

Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with one given to wrath, And do not go with a man of rage,

1 Samuel 20:30

Then the displeasure of Sha’ul burned against Yehonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Yishai to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

1 Samuel 25:17

“And now, know and see what you should do, for evil has been resolved against our master, and against all his household, and he is too much of a son of Beliya‛al to speak to.”