Proverbs 29:8

All About Life

⁷ The righteous doth acknowledge the plea of the poor, but, the lawless, regardeth not knowledge. ⁸ Men given to mockery, inflame a city, - but, wise men, turn away anger. ⁹ A wise man pleading with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no settlement.

Wise Men

Proverbs 11:11

When the upright are blessed, exalted is the city, but, by the mouth of the lawless, it is overthrown.

Exodus 32:10-14

Now, therefore, let me alone, that mine anger may kindle upon them and that I may consume them, and may make of thee

Numbers 16:48

thus did he take his stand between the dead and the living, - and the plague was restrained.

Numbers 25:11

Phinehas on of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, hath turned back my wrath front against the sons of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy, in their midst, so that I made not an end of the sons of Israel. in my jealousy.

Deuteronomy 9:18-20

Then lay I prostrate before Yahweh as at the first, forty days and forty nights, food, did I not eat, and water, did I not drink, - because of all your sin which ye had sinned, in doing the thing that was wicked, in the eyes of Yahweh. to provoke him to anger.

2 Samuel 24:16-17

But, when the messenger stretched out his hand towards Jerusalem, to destroy it, then relented Yahweh as to the evil, and he said to the messenger who was destroying the people - Enough! now, stay thy hand. And, the messenger of Yahweh, was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king, meaneth messengers of death, but, a man who is wise, will appease it.

Isaiah 28:14-22

Wherefore, hear ye the word of Yahweh, Ye men who scoff, - Ye rulers of this people that is in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then said Yahweh unto me, Though Moses and Samuel should stand before me, My soul could not be toward this people, - Send them away from before me And let them go forth.

Ezekiel 22:30

Then sought I from among them, a man Who could bud up a wall And stand in the breach before me in behalf of the land So that I might not destroy her, - But I found none.

Amos 7:2-6

And it came to pass, when they had made an end of eating the herbage of the land, that I said - Oh, My Lord, Yahweh, forgive, I beseech thee: By whom shall Jacob, arise? for, small, he is.

Matthew 27:39-43

And, they who were passing by, were reviling him, shaking their heads,

John 9:40-41

They of the Pharisees who were with him, heard, these things, and said unto him - Are, we also, blind?

John 11:47-50

The High-priests and Pharisees, therefore, brought together a high-council, and were saying - What are we to do, in that, this man, doeth, many signs?

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

Who have both slain the, Lord, Jesus - and the prophets, and, us, have persecuted, and, unto God, are displeasing, and, unto all men, are contrary, -

James 3:5-6

So, also, the tongue, is, a little member, and yet, of great things, maketh boast. Lo! how small a fire, kindleth, how great a forest;

James 5:15-18

And, the prayer of faith, shall save the exhausted one, and the Lord will raise him up, and, if he have committed, sins, it shall be forgiven him.