Proverbs 29:8

All About Life

⁷ The righteous person is concerned about the poor; but the wicked don't understand what they need to know. ⁸ Scornful men enflame a city, but the wise defuse anger. ⁹ When a wise man has a dispute with a fool, the fool either rages or laughs without relief.

Wise Men

Proverbs 11:11

Through the blessing of the righteous a city is built up, but what the wicked say tears it down.

Exodus 32:10-14

Now let me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may consume them, but I'll make a great nation of you."

Numbers 16:48

He stood between the dead and the living and restrained the plague.

Numbers 25:11

"Eleazar's son Phinehas, grandson of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from Israel. Because his zealousness reflected my own zeal for them, I didn't consume Israel in my jealousy.

Deuteronomy 9:18-20

I fell down in the LORD's presence, just as I had the first 40 days and nights. I did not eat food or drink water because of your sin. You had sinned by committing this evil in the sight of the LORD, thereby provoking him to anger.

2 Samuel 24:16-17

As the angel was stretching out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD was grieved because of the calamity, so he told the angel who was afflicting the people, "Enough! Stay your hand!" So the angel of the LORD remained near the threshing floor that belonged to Araunah the Jebusite.

Proverbs 16:14

The king's wrath results in a death sentence, but whoever is wise will appease him.

Isaiah 28:14-22

"Therefore hear the message from the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people that are in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the LORD told me, "Even if Moses and Samuel were standing before me, I wouldn't be favorably disposed toward this people. Send them out of my presence! Let them go!

Ezekiel 22:30

I sought for a man among them to build the wall and stand in the breach in my presence on behalf of the land so that it won't be destroyed, but I found no one,

Amos 7:2-6

And so it came about that when the swarm had finished eating the grass of the land, I was saying, "Lord GOD, forgive please! How will Jacob stand, since he is small?"

Matthew 27:39-43

Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads,

John 9:40-41

Some of the Pharisees who were near him overheard this and asked him, "We aren't blind, too, are we?"

John 11:47-50

So the high priests and the Pharisees assembled the Council and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, who have persecuted us, and who please neither God nor any group of people,

James 3:5-6

In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it can boast of great achievements. A huge forest can be set on fire by a little flame.

James 5:15-18

And the prayer offered in faith will save the person who is sick. The Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.