Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

General references

Proverbs 16:32
Patience is better than power,
and controlling one’s temper, than capturing a city.
Proverbs 22:24
Don’t make friends with an angry man,
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered man,
1 Samuel 20:30
Then Saul became angry with Jonathan and shouted, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you are siding with Jesse’s son to your own shame and to the disgrace of your mother?
1 Samuel 25:17
Now consider carefully what you must do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him!”

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