Proverbs 25:28

Proverbs 25:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls.
• New Living Translation (NLT)A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.

Context of Proverbs 25:28

26Like a muddied spring or a polluted well are the righteous who give way to the wicked. 27It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep. Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.

Proverbs 25:28 word by word

עִ֣יר פְּ֭רוּצָה אֵ֣ין חוֹמָ֑ה אִ֝֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵ֖ין מַעְצָ֣ר לְרוּחֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Heאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• no ruleמַעְצָרma‛tsâr · restraintH4623
• over his own spiritרוּחַrûach · spirit: temperH7307
• a cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• broken downפָּרַץpârats · to break throughH6555
• without wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346

Cross-references for Proverbs 25:28

• Proverbs 16:32Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.
• Proverbs 22:24Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,
• 1 Samuel 20:30Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?
• 1 Samuel 25:17Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man that no one can talk to him.”

Commentaries on Proverbs 25:28

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28Verse 28 The man who has no command over his anger, is easily robbed of peace. Let us give up ourselves to the Lord, and pray him to put his Spirit within us, and cause us to walk in his statutes.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-28Wise people have self-control and are not easily dominated.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. Such are exposed to the incursions of evil thoughts and successful temptations.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Proverbs 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings