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Proverbs 29:8
8Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.
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 shall sing and rejoice. 7The righteous taketh knowledge of the cause of the poor; the wicked understandeth not knowledge. Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger. 9If a wise man contendeth with a fool, whether he rage or laugh, [he] hath no rest. 10The bloodthirsty hate the perfect, but the upright care for his soul.
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 28:14Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
- Matthew 27:39But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads
- John 9:40And [some] of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we blind also?
- John 11:47The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and [are] against all men,
- James 3:5Thus also the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how little a fire, how large a wood it kindles!
- Exodus 32:10And now let me alone, that my anger may burn against them, and 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 ate no bread and drank no water, — because of all your sin which ye had sinned, in doing what is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
- 2 Samuel 24:16And the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it; but Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed among the people, It is enough: withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Jeremiah 15:1And Jehovah said unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, my soul [would] not [turn] toward this people. Send [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.
- Ezekiel 22:30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the fence, and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
- Amos 7:2And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
- James 5:15and the prayer of faith shall heal the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he be one who has 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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