Bible verse
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
Proverbs 25:28 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 25.
24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
27 It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
KJV
He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.
ASV
He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls.
ERV
He whose spirit is without restraint is like a city that is broken down and hath no wall.
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