Proverbs 29:8
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 29
“Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.”Proverbs 29:8
What Does Proverbs 29:8 Mean?
Proverbs 29:8 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 29, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 29:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 24:9“The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.”Proverbs 11:11“By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.”Jeremiah 15:1“Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.”Proverbs 16:14“The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.”James 3:5“Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!”James 5:15“And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.”Exodus 32:10“Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.”Numbers 16:48“And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.”Numbers 25:11“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.”Deuteronomy 9:18“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”2 Samuel 24:16“And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.”Proverbs 6:26“For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.”Isaiah 28:14“Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.”Ezekiel 22:30“And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.”Amos 7:2“And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.”Matthew 27:39“And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,”John 9:40“And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?”John 11:47“Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.”1 Thessalonians 2:15“Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:”
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