Proverbs 25:28
“Hee that hath no rule ouer his owne spirit, is like a citie that is broken downe, and without walles.”
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Proverbs 25:28 Context
26A righteous man falling downe before the wicked, is as a troubled fountaine, aud a corrupt spring. 27It is not good to eat much hony: so for men to search their owne glory, is not glory. 28Hee that hath no rule ouer his owne spirit, is like a citie that is broken downe, and without walles.
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He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.
- King James Version
{Like} a city that is broken into {and} without walls Is a man who has no control over his spirit.
- New American Standard Version (1995)