Proverbs 29:8

English Standard Version 2016

Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:11

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

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!

Proverbs 16:14

A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.

Ezekiel 22:30

And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.

Numbers 25:11

“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people 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 an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.

Proverbs 15:1

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