Some Thoughts From Proverbs 25

Proverbs 25:28

A man without self-control
    is like a city broken into and left without walls.

 I know of no better instructions for social accountability than this verse. When you see a person without self-control you see them at their weakest and worst. One of the great dangers of drunkenness is the loss of self-control.

Self-control is to have all your emotions and actions under good personal management. It is to not be a brawler nor to be an insulting speaker. Both word and deed are considered and disciplined.

The similitude in this verse is from that time period when one of a city’s main defenses was its wall. Babylon's wall was its unbreakable defense. If the wall could be broken or breached the city was without its primary defense. The city was defenseless against the attack, and left open to further predation.

What is the Chinese proverb? "I know he lost the argument because he got angry.”

Just as you don't pour out water, don't break down your walls.