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.
General references
Bible References
General references
Proverbs 16:32
Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
1 Samuel 20:30
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, "You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
1 Samuel 25:17
Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him."