Proverbs 29:8

New English Translation

Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:11

A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

Proverbs 16:14

A king’s wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!

Ezekiel 22:30

“I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of 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 son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, when he manifested such zeal for my sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal.