Proverbs 25:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls.

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  • Prov 16:32 : 32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
  • 1 Sam 20:30 : 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and 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 confusion, and to the confusion of your mother's nakedness?
  • 2 Chr 32:5 : 5 He also strengthened himself, and rebuilt all the wall that was broken, and raised it to the towers, and built another wall outside, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
  • Neh 1:3 : 3 And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his household, for he is such a scoundrel that one cannot speak to him.
  • Prov 22:24 : 24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go,

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  • Prov 16:32
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    32He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

  • Prov 21:22-23
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    72%

    22A wise man scales the city of the mighty and casts down the strength of its confidence.

    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 14:28-29
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    28In the multitude of people is the king's honor, but in the lack of people is the ruin of the prince.

    29He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is quick-tempered exalts folly.

  • Prov 18:14
    71%

    14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

  • Prov 25:26-27
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    26A righteous man who falters before the wicked is like a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.

    27It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glory to search out one's own glory.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1He who is often reproved and hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 6:7
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    7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

  • Prov 18:11-12
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    11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own conceit.

    12Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

  • Prov 17:27
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    27He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.

  • Prov 16:18
    69%

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

  • Prov 29:22-23
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    69%

    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.

    23A man's pride will bring him low; but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

  • Isa 24:10
    68%

    10The city of confusion is broken down; every house is shut up, that no one may come in.

  • Eccl 10:4
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    4If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, do not leave your place; for yielding pacifies great offenses.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Hab 2:5
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    5Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither stays at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all people:

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2Also, for the soul to be without knowledge is not good; and he who hurries with his feet sins.

    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Gal 5:23
    68%

    23gentleness, self-control; against such there is no law.

  • Eccl 8:8
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    8There is no man who has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, nor does he have power in the day of death; and there is no release from that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who are given to it.

  • Prov 20:1-2
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    1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

    2The fear of a king is like the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

  • Job 12:25
    67%

    25They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

  • Prov 11:12
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    12He who lacks wisdom despises his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

  • Prov 28:26
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    26He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely shall be delivered.

  • Prov 24:31
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    31And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns, its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

  • 1 Tim 3:5
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    5For if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?

  • Prov 26:18
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    18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

  • Eccl 9:14
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    14There was a little city with few men in it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great siege works against it.

  • Prov 28:15-16
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    15As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over poor people.

    16The prince who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.

  • Prov 25:15
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    15By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded, and a gentle tongue breaks a bone.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.

  • Job 12:14
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    14Behold, He breaks down, and it cannot be rebuilt: He shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no rest.

  • Ps 107:27
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    27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

  • Eccl 7:9
    66%

    9Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

  • Job 15:28
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    28And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no one inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.

  • Nah 2:5
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    5He shall recount his nobles: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 29:18
    66%

    18Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he who keeps the law, happy is he.

  • Isa 22:10
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    10And you have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses you have broken down to fortify the wall.

  • Ps 127:1
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    1Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.