American Standard Version
Proverbs 29:8
8Scoffers set a city in a flame;But wise men turn away wrath.
Proverbs 29:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
- New International Version (NIV)Mockers stir up a city, but the wise turn away anger.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Scoffers set a city aflame, But wise men turn away wrath.
Context of Proverbs 29:8
6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare; But the righteous doth sing and rejoice. 7The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; The wicked hath not understanding to know it. Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath. 9If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest. 10The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:8 word by word
אַנְשֵׁ֣י לָ֭צוֹן יָפִ֣יחוּ קִרְיָ֑ה וַ֝חֲכָמִ֗ים יָשִׁ֥יבוּ אָֽף׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:8
- Proverbs 11:11By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted; But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
- Isaiah 28:14Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:
- Matthew 27:39And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads,
- John 9:40Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said unto him, Are we also blind?
- John 11:47The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many signs.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
- James 3:5So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
- Exodus 32:10now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
- Numbers 16:48And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
- Numbers 25:11Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
- Deuteronomy 9:18And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
- 2 Samuel 24:16And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Jeremiah 15:1Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
- Ezekiel 22:30And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
- Amos 7:2And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.
- James 5:15and the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.
Commentaries on Proverbs 29:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Scornful men - The men who head political or religious revolutions, who inflame (literally as in the margin) the minds of the people against the powers that be.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8Verse 8 The scornful mock at things sacred and serious. Men who promote religion, which is true wisdom, turn away the wrath of God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Scornful men--those who contemptuously disregard God's law. bring--(Compare Margin), kindle strife. turn away wrath--that is, "abate wrath."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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