Proverbs 29:8
Scornful men enflame a city, 1 but chachamim turn away af (wrath). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:18And I fell down before Hashem, as at the first, arba'im yom and arba'im lailah; I did neither eat lechem, nor drink mayim, because of kol chattatchem ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of Hashem, to provoke Him to anger.
Proverbs 11:11By the birkat yesharim the city is exalted, 1 but it is overthrown by the peh (mouth) of the resha'im. 1
Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a melech is as malachim of mavet, 1 but an ish chacham will appease it. 1
Jeremiah 15:1Then said Hashem unto me, Though Moshe and Shmuel stood before Me, yet My Nefesh could not be toward HaAm Hazeh; cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth.
Amos 7:2And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the vegetation of ha'aretz, then I said: 1 O Adonoi Hashem, forgive, I beseech thee; 1 how shall Ya'akov survive? For he is katon. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:8
7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. It is a pity but that every one who sues sub formâ pauperis — as a pauper, should have an honest cause (they are of all others inexcusable if they have not), because the scripture has so well provided that it should have a fair hearing, and that the judge himself should be of counsel, as for the prisoner, so for the pauper. 1. It is here made the character of a righteous judge that he considers the cause of the poor. It is… Read the whole commentary →