Proverbs 29:8

All About Life

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The righteous man cares for the rights of the poor,
But the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge.
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Scoffers set a city afire [by stirring up trouble],
But wise men turn away anger [and restore order with their good judgment].
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If a wise man has a controversy with a foolish and arrogant man,
The foolish man [ignores logic and fairness and] only rages or laughs, and there is no peace (rest, agreement).

Wise Men

Proverbs 11:11

By the blessing [of the influence] of the upright the city is exalted,
But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

Exodus 32:10-14

Now therefore, let Me alone and do not interfere, so that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you (your descendants) a great nation.”

Numbers 16:48

He stood between the dead and the living, so that the plague was brought to an end.

Numbers 25:11

“Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the Israelites because he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the Israelites in My jealousy.

Deuteronomy 9:18-20

Then, as before, I fell down before the Lord for [another] forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water, because of all the sin you had committed by doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger.

2 Samuel 24:16-17

When the [avenging] angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented from the disaster and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough! Now relax your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king is like a messenger of death,
But a wise man will appease it.

Isaiah 28:14-22

Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, you arrogant men
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem!

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me [interceding for them], My heart would still not be [turned with favor] toward this people [Judah]. Send them away from My presence and out of My sight and let them go!

Ezekiel 22:30

I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for [the sake of] the land, that I would not destroy it, but I found no one [not even one].

Amos 7:2-6

And when the locusts had finished eating the plants of the land, then I said,

“O Lord God, please forgive!
How can Jacob stand,
For he is so small [that he cannot endure this]?”

Matthew 27:39-43

Those who passed by were hurling abuse at Him and jeering at Him, wagging their heads [in scorn and ridicule],

John 9:40-41

Some Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “Are we also blind?”

John 11:47-50

So the chief priests and Pharisees convened a council [of the leaders in Israel], and said, “What are we doing? For this man performs many signs (attesting miracles).

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and harassed and drove us out; and [they] continue to be highly displeasing to God and [to show themselves] hostile to all people,

James 3:5-6

In the same sense, the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.

See [by comparison] how great a forest is set on fire by a small spark!

James 5:15-18

and the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.