Proverbs 29:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

Proverbs 29:8 —

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Cross-References

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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.
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! …
Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Amos 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. …

Topics

Ambition Anger Arrogance Caution Conceit Consistency Counsel Expediency

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8)

See here, 1. Who are the men that are dangerous to the public— scornful men. When such are employed in the business of the state they do things with precipitation, because they scorn to deliberate, and will not take time for consideration and consultation; they do things illegal and unjustifiable, because they scorn to be hampered by laws and constitutions; they break their faith, because they sco…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. Scornful men--those who contemptuously disregard God’s law. bring--(Compare Margin), kindle strife. turn away wrath--that is, “abate wrath.”