Proverbs 25:28
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
Key Terms in This Verse
רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
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 burne...
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 i...
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 t...
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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