Bible verse

Proverbs 25:28

Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.

Proverbs 25:28 · BSB

Proverbs 25:28 in context

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.

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Proverbs 25:28 in other translations

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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