Proverbs 25:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 16:32 : 32 He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
  • 1 Sam 20:30 : 30 Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?
  • 2 Chr 32:5 : 5 Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.
  • Neh 1:3 : 3 They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.
  • Prov 22:24 : 24 Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:32
    77%

    32He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.

  • Prov 21:22-23
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    72%

    22A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith.

    23He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 14:28-29
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    72%

    28A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

    29He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

  • Prov 18:14
    71%

    14The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?

  • Prov 25:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

    27It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.

  • Prov 29:1
    70%

    1A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

  • Prov 6:7
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    7Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

  • Prov 18:11-12
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    70%

    11The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.

    12Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

  • Prov 17:27
    69%

    27He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

  • Prov 16:18
    69%

    18Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

  • Prov 29:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22An angry man is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.

    23A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

  • Isa 24:10
    68%

    10The town is waste and broken down: every house is shut up, so that no man may come in.

  • Eccl 10:4
    68%

    4If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Hab 2:5
    68%

    5A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    68%

    2Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Gal 5:23
    68%

    23Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.

  • Eccl 8:8
    67%

    8No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.

  • Prov 20:1-2
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    67%

    1Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

    2The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

  • Job 12:25
    67%

    25They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

  • Prov 11:12
    67%

    12He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

  • Prov 28:26
    67%

    26He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.

  • Prov 24:31
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    31And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.

  • 1 Tim 3:5
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    5(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

  • Prov 26:18
    67%

    18As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

  • Eccl 9:14
    66%

    14There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

  • Prov 28:15-16
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    66%

    15Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.

    16The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

  • Prov 25:15
    66%

    15A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

  • Job 12:14
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    14Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

  • Prov 29:9
    66%

    9If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

  • Ps 107:27
    66%

    27They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

  • Eccl 7:9
    66%

    9Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

  • Job 15:28
    66%

    28And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

  • Nah 2:5
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    5The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

  • Prov 29:18
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    18Where there is no vision, the people are uncontrolled; but he who keeps the law will be happy.

  • Isa 22:10
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    10And you had the houses of Jerusalem numbered, pulling down the houses to make the wall stronger.

  • Ps 127:1
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    1<A Song of the going up. Of Solomon.> If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19Where there is much talk there will be no end to sin, but he who keeps his mouth shut does wisely.