Proverbs 25:28

²⁶ Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

²⁷ It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.

Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
KJV: He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
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.
DARBY: He that hath no rule over his own spirit is [as] a city broken down, without walls.
BLB: A city breached, without a wall, [is] a man who [is] without restraint to his spirit.

ÅB: Som en by hvis murer er brutt ned og borte, er en mann som ikke kan styre sitt sinn.
[^1]: de. en ved snø avkjølt drikk.
OTB: Som en by hvis murer er brutt ned er en person som mangler selvkontroll.
B1930: Som en by hvis murer er brutt ned og borte, er en mann som ikke kan styre sitt sinn.

Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
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Proverbs 22:24
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
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Nehemiah 1:3
And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
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2 Chronicles 32:5
Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
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1 Samuel 20:30
Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
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1 Samuel 25:17
Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
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