Proverbs 29:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 11:11

By the blessing of the just, the city shall be exalted. And by the mouth of the impious, it will be subverted.

Proverbs 15:1

A mild response shatters anger. But a harsh word stirs up fury.

Proverbs 16:14

The indignation of a king is a herald of death. And the wise man will appease it.

Proverbs 29:9

A wise man, if he were to contend with the foolish, whether in anger or in laughter, would find no rest.

Jeremiah 15:1

And the Lord said to me: "Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my soul would not be toward this people. Cast them away from my face, and let them depart!

Ezekiel 22:30

And I sought among them for a man who might set up a hedge, and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I might not destroy it; and I found no one.

Numbers 16:48

And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people, and the scourge ceased.

Numbers 25:11

"Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has averted my wrath from the sons of Israel. For he was moved against them by my zeal, so that I myself, in my zeal, might not wipe away the sons of Israel.