Proverbs 29:8 “Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.”

Proverbs 29:8

Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

World English Bible

Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

American Standard Version

Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.

Geneva Bible 1599

Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.

Darby Translation

Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.

Young's Literal Translation

Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger.

Bible in Basic English

Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.

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Cross references

“Scornful”

Proverbs 11:11 Isaiah 28:14–22 Matthew 27:39–43 John 11:47–50 John 9:40 John 9:41

Proverbs 11:11 · BSB

By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

Isaiah 28:14–22 · BSB

Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

Matthew 27:39–43 · BSB

And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

John 11:47–50 · BSB

Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.

John 9:40 · BSB

Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”

John 9:41 · BSB

“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”

“bring a city into a snare”

James 3:5 James 3:6

James 3:5 · BSB

In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.

James 3:6 · BSB

The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

“wise”

Jeremiah 15:1 James 5:15–18 Exodus 32:10–14 Numbers 16:48 Numbers 25:11 Deuteronomy 9:18–20

Jeremiah 15:1 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!

James 5:15–18 · BSB

And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

Exodus 32:10–14 · BSB

Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”

Numbers 16:48 · BSB

He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.

Numbers 25:11 · BSB

“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.

Deuteronomy 9:18–20 · BSB

Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD…

Also

Proverbs 16:14

Proverbs 16:14 · BSB

The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

9If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

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