How about Proverbs 25:28,
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that has broken down, and without walls.
Amen.
Oops. s/b “... is broken down” ... I was looking right at it!
Yes indeed. (correction noted)
I love Proverbs 16:6
“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.”