Holy Scripture
Proverbs 25:28
A church father on this verse
“And again "like a city that has its walls destroyed and is not fenced in, so is a man who does anything without counsel." And how injurious the absence of this is to a monk, the illustration and figure in the passage quoted shows, by comparing it to a city that is destroyed and without walls. Herein lies wisdom, herei…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
28As a city whose walls are broken down, and which is unfortified, So is a man who does anything without counsel.
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In context
26As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, So is it unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man.
27It is not good to eat much honey; But it is right to honor venerable sayings.
— Proverbs 25:28 —