King James Version
Proverbs 25:28 in the King James Version says “He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.”
Proverbs 25:28 · KJV
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is like a city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“that is broken down”
H6555to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
“He”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“over his own spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
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