Proverbs 29:8

New Messianic Version Bible

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:11

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

Jeremiah 15:1

Then said the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) unto me, Though Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters] and Sh’mu’el [His name is El] stood before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] toward this people: cast [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

Ezekiel 22:30

And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

Numbers 25:11

Pinchas [mouth of brass], the son of El’azar [God has helped], the son of Aharon [Bright, Very High] the priest, has turned my wrath away from the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] in my jealousy.

Numbers 16:48

And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was detained (held).

Proverbs 29:9

[If] a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.