Proverbs 29:8 · KJV
“Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise {men} turn away wrath. {bring...: or, set a city on fire}”
— Proverbs 29:8
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: {but} the wicked regardeth not to know {it}.
{If} a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, {there is} no rest.
Proverbs 29 — Context
In the transgression of an evil man {there is} a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
7The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: {but} the wicked regardeth not to know {it}.
8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise {men} turn away wrath. {bring...: or, set a city on fire}
9{If} a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, {there is} no rest.
10The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. {The bloodthirsty: Heb. Men of blood}
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 unto me, Though Moses and Samuel 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.
James 3:5-6
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! {a matter: or, wood}
James 5:15-18
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
John 9:40-41
And {some} of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
Matthew 27:39-43
And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
2 Samuel 24:16-17
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. {Araunah: also called, Ornan}