Proverbs 29:8

Modern English Version

Mockers 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.

Proverbs 15:1

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

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of kings is as messengers of death, but a man of wisdom will appease it.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contends with a fool, the fool rages and laughs, and there is no rest.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me: Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, yet My heart would not be with this people. Cast them out of My sight and let them go!

Ezekiel 22:30

I sought for a man among them who would build up the hedge and stand in the gap before Me for the land so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

Numbers 16:48

He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped.

Numbers 25:11

“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites, because he was zealous for My sake among them, so I did not exterminate the Israelites in My zeal.