Proverbs 29:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:11

By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

Proverbs 15:1

By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go.

Ezekiel 22:30

And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one.

Numbers 16:48

And he took his place between the dead and the living: and the disease was stopped.

Numbers 25:11

Through Phinehas, and because of his passion for my honour, my wrath has been turned away from the children of Israel, so that I have not sent destruction on them all in my wrath.