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Proverbs 29:8

אַנְשֵׁי לָצוֹן יָפִיחוּ קִרְיָה וַחֲכָמִים יָשִׁיבוּ אָֽף ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7יֹדֵעַ צַדִּיק דִּין דַּלִּים רָשָׁע לֹא ־ יָבִין דָּֽעַת ׃

9אִֽישׁ ־ חָכָם נִשְׁפָּט אֶת ־ אִישׁ אֱוִיל וְרָגַז וְשָׂחַק וְאֵין נָֽחַת ׃

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:18וָֽאֶתְנַפַּל לִפְנֵי יְהוָה כָּרִאשֹׁנָה אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לַיְלָה לֶחֶם לֹא אָכַלְתִּי וּמַיִם לֹא שָׁתִיתִי עַל כָּל ־ חַטַּאתְכֶם אֲשֶׁר חֲטָאתֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה לְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ ׃

Proverbs 11:11בְּבִרְכַּת יְשָׁרִים תָּרוּם קָרֶת וּבְפִי רְשָׁעִים תֵּהָרֵֽס ׃

Proverbs 16:14חֲמַת ־ מֶלֶךְ מַלְאֲכֵי ־ מָוֶת וְאִישׁ חָכָם יְכַפְּרֶֽנָּה ׃

Jeremiah 15:1וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלַי אִם ־ יַעֲמֹד מֹשֶׁה וּשְׁמוּאֵל לְפָנַי אֵין נַפְשִׁי אֶל ־ הָעָם הַזֶּה שַׁלַּח מֵֽעַל ־ פָּנַי וְיֵצֵֽאוּ ׃

Amos 7:2וְהָיָה אִם ־ כִּלָּה לֶֽאֱכוֹל אֶת ־ עֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ וָאֹמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה סְֽלַֽח ־ נָא מִי יָקוּם יַֽעֲקֹב כִּי קָטֹן הֽוּא ׃

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 →

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