Proverbs 29:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Scoffers set a city afire [inflaming the minds of the people], but wise men turn away wrath.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Mockers set a city on fire, but the wise turn back anger.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Pestilent men squander a city. Yet truly, the wise avert fury.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Corrupt men bring a city to ruin: but wise men turn away wrath.

Proverbs 29:8 Cross References

Proverbs 11:11

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

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

Proverbs 16:14

A king’s fury is a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise person goes to court with a fool, there will be ranting and raving but no resolution.  ,

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, ‘Even if Moses and Samuel  should stand before me,  my heart would not go out to these people. Send them from my presence, and let them go.

Ezekiel 22:30

I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall  and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it,  but I found no one.

Numbers 16:48

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

Numbers 25:11

‘Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites because he was zealous among them with my zeal,  , so that I did not destroy the Israelites in my zeal.