Proverbs 25:28
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Proverbs 25:28 in other translations
| BSB | Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper. |
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| WEB | Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint. |
| ASV | He whose spirit is without restraint Is like a city that is broken down and without walls. |
| YLT | A city broken down without walls, Is a man without restraint over his spirit! |
| DARBY | He that hath no rule over his own spirit is as a city broken down, without walls. |
| BBE | He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into. |
| Webster | He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. |
What does Proverbs 25:28 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
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Proverbs 25:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 25:28
- Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
- Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
- Nehemiah 1:3
And they said unto 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 the gates thereof are burned with fire.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
- 1 Samuel 20:30
Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
- 1 Samuel 25:17
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
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- Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
- Proverbs 25:28
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Proverbs 25:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como ciudad derribada y sin muro, es el hombre cuyo espíritu no tiene rienda. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’homme qui ne gouverne pas son esprit est une ville en ruine, sans murailles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Eine erbrochene Stadt ohne Mauer: so ist ein Mann, dessen Geist Beherrschung mangelt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sicut urbs patens et absque murorum ambitu, ita vir qui non potest in loquendo cohibere spiritum suum. |