Proverbs 29:8
Men ful of pestilence distryen a citee; but wise men turnen awei woodnesse.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
In Context
7A iust man knowith the cause of pore men; an vnpitouse man knowith not kunnyng.
Cross References
Numbers 16:48and he stood bytwixe the deed men and lyuynge, and bisouyte for the puple, and the wounde ceesside.
Deuteronomy 9:18And Y felde doun bifor the Lord as `biforto, in fourti daies and fourti nyytis, and Y eet not breed, `and drank not watir, for alle youre synnes whiche ye diden ayens the Lord, and terriden hym to `greet wraththe;
Proverbs 11:11A citee schal be enhaunsid bi blessing of iust men; and it schal be distried bi the mouth of wickid men.
Proverbs 16:14Indignacioun of the kyng is messangeris of deth; and a wijs man schal plese him.
Jeremiah 15:1And the Lord seide to me, Thouy Moises and Samuel stoden bifore me, my soule is not to this puple; caste thou hem out fro my face, and go thei out.
Amos 7:2And it was don, whanne he hadde endid for to ete the erbe of erthe, Y seide, Lord God, Y biseche, be thou merciful; who schal reise Jacob, for he is litil?