Explore the Bible Online

Proverbs 29:8

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Proverbs 29:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 29:8

Theological / Devotional

Bring a city into a snare. Literally, “breathe [or blow] upon a city,” probably in the sense of inciting discontent. Though scornful men laugh at authority and right and bring about conflict, wise men do their best to allay ill feeling (see ch. 15:18).

By SdaBc