Scornersseta cityaflame,But wisementurnawayanger.
By the blessingof the uprighta cityis exalted,But by the mouthof the wickedit is torndown.
A gentleanswerturnsawaywrath,But a harshwordstirsup anger.
The furyof a kingis [like] messengersof death,But a wisemanwill appeaseit.
When a wisemanhasa controversywith a foolishman,The foolish man either ragesor laughs,and thereis norest.
Then the LORDsaidto me, "Even thoughMosesand Samuelwere to standbeforeMe, My heartwould not be with thispeople;sendthem awayfrom My presenceand let them go!
"I searchedfor a manamongthem who would buildup the walland standin the gapbeforeMe for the land,sothat I would not destroyit; but I foundnoone.
He tookhis standbetweenthe deadand the living,so that the plaguewas checked.
"Phinehasthe sonof Eleazar,the sonof Aaronthe priest,has turnedawayMy wrathfrom the sonsof Israelin that he was jealouswith My jealousyamongthem, so that I did not destroythe sonsof Israelin My jealousy.
