“Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Proverbs 25 contains 28 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.