Proverbs 29:8
Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Note bring…: or, set a city on fire
Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.
Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Scornful
- Proverbs 11:11; Isaiah 28:14–22; Matthew 27:39–43; John 9:40, 41; John 11:47–50; 1 Thessalonians 2:15, 16
- bring a city into a snare
- or, set a city on fire.
- James 3:5, 6
- wise
- Exodus 32:10–14; Numbers 16:48; Numbers 25:11; Deuteronomy 9:18–20; 2 Samuel 24:16, 17; Jeremiah 15:1; Ezekiel 22:30; Amos 7:2–6; James 5:15–18