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
He who is slow to anger [is] better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.
Proverbs 22:24
Do not befriend an owner of {anger}, and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;
1 Samuel 20:30
Then {Saul became angry} at Jonathan and said to him, "[You] son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your shame and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
1 Samuel 25:17
And so then, know and {consider} what you should do, for evil has been decided against our master and against all his household, and he [is such] {a wicked man}, {nobody can reason with him}!"