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


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Matthew 12 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Luke 6 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Job 34 14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
Psalms 127 1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Proverbs 18 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Ecclesiastes 7 16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?
Romans 14 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
Isaiah 25 2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Galatians 5 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Proverbs 16 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
Job 41 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Ecclesiastes 8 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Matthew 10 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
Ezekiel 12 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
Isaiah 57 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Hebrews 13 17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
2 Corinthians 3 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Jeremiah 7 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Job 12 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Luke 18 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
Proverbs 16 9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Matthew 12 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
Job 24 12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Proverbs 10 17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Proverbs 16 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Leviticus 26 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
Proverbs 19 8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Proverbs 19 16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
Jeremiah 49 31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
John 5 30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
1 Corinthians 2 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
Romans 13 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
Isaiah 42 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
Proverbs 29 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Psalms 119 134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Proverbs 25 17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
Job 8 15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
2 Corinthians 4 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Job 15 28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
Isaiah 33 8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
Luke 24 39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Luke 11 24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
Proverbs 15 32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Leviticus 26 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
Matthew 10 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Numbers 23 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Psalms 4 3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Ezekiel 38 11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
1 Peter 2 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
Jeremiah 10 23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.