Proverbs 29:8
6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
- KJV
- Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
- WEB
- Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.
- ASV
- Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.
- DARBY
- Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.
- BLB
- Men of scorning inflame a city, and wise men turn back anger.
- ÅB
- Spottere egger opp byen, men vismenn stiller vreden.
- OTB
- Spottere hisser opp en by, men de vise vender vreden bort.
- B1930
- Spottere egger op byen, men vismenn stiller vreden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextProverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Read in contextJames 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.
Read in contextJames 3:5–6
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:15–16
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
Read in contextJohn 9:40–41
And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
Read in contextAmos 7:2–6
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
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