Proverbs 25:28

²⁶ A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

²⁷ It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

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 that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
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Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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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