Proverbs 29:8

Overview - Proverbs 29
Observations of public government,
15 and of private.
22 Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice, and corruption.
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Proverbs 29:8  (King James Version)
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
 


Scornful
11:11 Isaiah 28:14-22 ; Matthew 27:39-43 ; John 9:40 John 9:41 ; 11:47-50
1 Thessalonians 2:15 1 Thessalonians 2:16

bring a city into a snare
or, set a city on fire.
James 3:5 James 3:6

wise
Exodus 32:10-14 ; Numbers 16:48 ; 25:11 Deuteronomy 9:18-20 ; 2 Samuel 24:16 2 Samuel 24:17 ; Jeremiah 15:1
Ezekiel 22:30 ; Amos 7:2-6 ; James 5:15-18