8Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.


In Context

5 Whoever flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.

6 An evil man is snared by his own sin, but a righteous one can sing and be glad.

7 The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.

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

9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.

10 Bloodthirsty men hate a man of integrity and seek to kill the upright.

Proverbs 29:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:8Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:8Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:8Scornful men set a city in a flame: but wise men turn away wrath.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:8Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:8Men of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:8Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.