Proverbs 29:8

A Conservative Version

Scoffers set a city in a flame, but wise men turn away wrath.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:11

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then LORD said to 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.

Proverbs 16:14

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

Ezekiel 22:30

And I sought for a man among them who 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.

Numbers 25:11

Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the sons of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the sons of Israel in my jealousy.

Numbers 16:48

And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.