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Good News Translation
Proverbs 29:8
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Mockers inflame a city,but the wise turn away anger.
Mockers stir up a city, But wise men turn away anger.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.
Arrogant people inflame a city, But wise people turn away anger.
People who make fun of wisdom cause trouble in a city, but wise people calm anger down.
Scoffers set a city afire [by stirring up trouble], But wise men turn away anger [and restore order with their good judgment].
Mockers stir up a city, But wise men turn away anger.
Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.
Scoffers set a city aflame,But wise men turn away anger.
Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
Sneering at others is a spark that sets a city on fire; using good sense can put out the flames of anger.
Scoffers can inflame a city, but the wise can calm the fury.
Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.
Proud people who laugh at what is right cause problems that divide whole cities, but people who are wise are able to calm those who are angry.
Scornful men set cities on fire; but wise men turn away wrath.
Men of scoffing set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.
Scornful men blast a city, but the wise turn away anger.
Wicked people brynge a cite in decaye, but wyse men set it vp agayne.
Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.
Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.
Scornful men set a city in a blaze; but wise men turn away wrath.
Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.
Scornefull men bryng a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.
As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place.
Scornful men set a city in a flame: but wise men turn away wrath.
Men ful of pestilence distryen a citee; but wise men turnen awei woodnesse.
Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.
Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.
Scoffers set a city aflame, But wise men turn away wrath.
Mockers can get a whole town agitated, but the wise will calm anger.
Men who speak against others set a city on fire, but wise men turn away anger.
Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away wrath.
Men given to mockery, inflame a city, - but, wise men, turn away anger.
Corrupt men bring a city to ruin: but wise men turn away wrath.
Scoffers set a city aflame, but wise men turn away wrath.
Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger.
A gang of cynics can upset a whole city; a group of sages can calm everyone down.
Scorners set a city aflame, But wise men turn away anger.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Scornful: Proverbs 11:11, Isaiah 28:14-22, Matthew 27:39-43, John 9:40, John 9:41, John 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, Numbers 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
Reciprocal: Proverbs 6:26 - by Proverbs 24:9 - the scorner
Cross-References
Whenever all the flocks came together there, the shepherds would roll the stone back and water them. Then they would put the stone back in place.
They said to him, "We cannot let our sister marry a man who is not circumcised; that would be a disgrace for us.
Joseph was served at one table and his brothers at another. The Egyptians who were eating there were served separately, because they considered it beneath their dignity to eat with Hebrews.
On the way they said to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?" (It was a very large stone.) Then they looked up and saw that the stone had already been rolled back.
They found the stone rolled away from the entrance to the tomb,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Scornful men bring a city into a snare,.... Such as despise dominion, speak evil of dignities; proud and haughty men, that speak Loftily, and with a contempt of their superiors; or who make a mock at religion, and scoff at all that is good and serious; these bring the inhabitants of a city into a snare, to rebel against their governors, and so into mischief and ruin: or, they "burn a city", as the Septuagint and Syriac versions o; they inflame it, or blow it up into a flame; raise a combustion in it, and fill it with strifes and contentions; and bring down the wrath of God upon it, like fire: or, they "blow upon a city" p; raise storms and tempests in it; turn all things upside down, and throw it into the utmost confusion, or blow it up;
but wise [men] turn away wrath; the wrath of men, by their wise counsels and advice, and appease tumults and seditions, and restore things to a quiet and settled state; or the wrath of God, by interposing with their prayers between him and a sinful people, as Moses did, Psalms 106:23.
o "Inflammant urbem", Junius Tremellius, Piscator. p יפיחו קריה "suffiant, vel periflant civitatem", Gejerus "diffiant civitatem", Gussetius, p. 667. "exsuffiant civitatem", Cocceius, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Scornful men - The men who head political or religious revolutions, who inflame (literally as in the margin) the minds of the people against the powers that be.
