Proverbs 25:28
Like a city that is broken down and without walls Is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 16:32 : 32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; One 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, don't I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
- 2 Chr 32:5 : 5 He took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall outside, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
- Neh 1:3 : 3 They said to me, The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates of it are burned with fire.
- 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him.
- Prov 22:24 : 24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, And don't associate with one who harbors anger:
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32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; One who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
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22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty, And brings down the strength of its confidence.
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10 The waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
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19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, But he who restrains his lips does wisely.