Hezekiah set to work resolutely and built up the entire wall that was broken down, and raised towers on it, and outside it he built another wall; he also strengthened the Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
Proverbs 25:28 - New Revised Standard Version Like a city breached, without walls, is one who lacks self-control. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Hezekiah set to work resolutely and built up the entire wall that was broken down, and raised towers on it, and outside it he built another wall; he also strengthened the Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
They replied, “The survivors there in the province who escaped captivity are in great trouble and shame; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and one whose temper is controlled than one who captures a city.
Discipline your children while there is hope; do not set your heart on their destruction.
A violent tempered person will pay the penalty; if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.
Make no friends with those given to anger, and do not associate with hotheads,
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan. 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?
Now therefore know this and consider what you should do; for evil has been decided against our master and against all his house; he is so ill-natured that no one can speak to him.”