Proverbs 29:8

American Standard Version (1901)

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 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.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.

Ezekiel 22:30

And 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.

Numbers 25:11

Phinehas, 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.

Numbers 16:48

And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

Proverbs 29:9

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

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.