Proverbs 29:8
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Corrupt men bring a city to ruin: but wise men turn away wrath.

Proverbs 11:11
He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace.

Proverbs 16:14
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it.

Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contend with a fool, whether he be angry, or laugh, he shall find no rest.

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Corrupt men bring a city to ruin: but wise men turn away wrath.

scornful

Proverbs 11:11 He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace.

Isaiah 28:14-22 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem. . . .

Matthew 27:39-43 And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, . . .

John 9:40,41 And some of the Pharisees, who were with him, heard: and they said unto him: Are we also blind? . . .

John 11:47-50 The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council and said: What do we, for this man doth many miracles? . . .

1 Thessalonians 2:15,16 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are adversaries to all men; . . .

James 3:5,6 Even so the tongue is indeed a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood. . . .

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Exodus 32:10-14 Let me alone, that my wrath may be kindled against them, and that I may destroy them, and I will make of thee a great nation. . . .

Numbers 16:48 And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people, and the plague ceased.

Numbers 25:11 Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned away my wrath from the children of Israel: because he was moved with my zeal against them, that I myself might not destroy the children of Israel in my zeal.

Deuteronomy 9:18-20 And I fell down before the Lord as before, forty days and nights neither eating bread, nor drinking water, for all your sins, which you had committed against the Lord, and had provoked him to wrath: . . .

2 Samuel 24:16,17 And when the angel of the Lord had stretched out his hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord had pity on the affliction, and said to the angel that slew the people: It is enough: now hold thy hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the thrashingfloor of Areuna the Jebusite. . . .

Jeremiah 15:1 And the Lord said to me: If Moses and Samuel shall stand before me, my soul is not towards this people: cast them out from my sight, and let them go forth.

Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought among them for a man that might set up a hedge, and stand in the gap before me in favour of the land, that I might not destroy it: and I found none.

Amos 7:2-6 These things the Lord God shewed to me: and behold the locust was formed in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter rain, and lo, it was the latter rain after the king's mowing. . . .

James 5:15-18 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man. And the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him. . . .

Context
The Stiff-Necked will Be Destroyed
7The just taketh notice of the cause of the poor: the wicked is void of knowledge. 8Corrupt men bring a city to ruin: but wise men turn away wrath.9If a wise man contend with a fool, whether he be angry, or laugh, he shall find no rest.…
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Mockers
אַנְשֵׁ֣י (’an·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

inflame
יָפִ֣יחוּ (yā·p̄î·ḥū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6315: To puff, blow with the breath, air, to fan, to utter, to kindle, to scoff

a city,
קִרְיָ֑ה (qir·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7151: A town, city

but the wise
וַ֝חֲכָמִ֗ים (wa·ḥă·ḵā·mîm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2450: Wise

turn away
יָשִׁ֥יבוּ (yā·šî·ḇū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

anger.
אָֽף׃ (’āp̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire


Additional Translations
Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.

Lawless men burn down a city: but wise men turn away wrath.

Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.

Scornful men 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.

Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger.
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