Proverbs 29:8

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Scornful men - The men who head political or religious revolutions, who inflame (literally as in the margin) the minds of the people against the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 29:2 . cf. Proverbs 11:10 f., Proverbs 28:12-28 . Proverbs 29:4 . he that exacteth gifts: lit. a man of presents. Proverbs 2...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Scornful men . Scoffers. Hebrew "men of scorning". bring. city, &c. Illustrations: Judah ( 2 Chronicles 36:16-21 ); rulers ( Isaiah 28:14-22...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. Scornful men (who, when reproved for sin, not only do not repent, but s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Kings and Fathers 3. Cp. the prodigal son ( Luke 15 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Scornful men. — See above on Proverbs 1:22 . Bring a city into a snare. — Rather, excite the passions of; literally, fan, as a flame. Wis...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 30 THE NEED OF REVELATION "Where no vision is, a people casts off restraint, but he that keepeth the law is happy."- Proverbs 29:18 TH...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 29:2 . The sentiment of this proverb often recurs. On the surface it hardly appears to be true. To observe long issues is to be convi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing a...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Scornful men bring a city into a snare ,.... Such as despise dominion, speak evil of dignities; proud and haughty men, that speak Loftily, and with...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath. Ver. 8. Scornful men bring a city into a snare. ] The Vulgate render it, P...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Scornful men That mock at religion, the obligations of conscience, the fears of another world, and every thing that is sacred and serious; who when...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This FIFTH SECTION now has similarities to the fourth, but carries us further, for if the fourth stresses mainly the testing of ways and walk. This d...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. See here, 1. Who are the men that are dangerous to the pub...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bring a city into a snare; expose it to God's wrath and to destruction by their self-conceit and wilfulness, by their wicked counsels and courses,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 29:8 . Bring a city , etc., literally, “ set a city on fire .” Proverbs 29:9 . The second clause should rather be “...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 29:1 . He that being often reproved, hardeneth his neck. The Greeks have a similar proverb. Οι πολλα πταιοντες και μη κολαζομενοι φοβεισθ...
The Biblical Illustrator

Scornful men bring a city into a snare. The snares of the metropolis As residents in London we ask, Is there as much wickedness here as in othe...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter reinforces many precept given previously. Proverbs 29:1 He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck; literal...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Description of Stubbornness and Disobedience
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Scornful men bring a city into a snare, literally, "Men of mockery set on fire a city," namely, by exciting the passions and the party spirit of the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 2:15 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ; 2 Samuel 24:16 ; 2 Samuel 24:17 ; Amos 7:2-6 ; Deuteronomy 9:18-20 ; Exodus 32:10-14 ; Ezekiel...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Way of the Righteous Proverbs 29:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The time when God shall say "it is enough." Our verse, as a whole, reads thus:...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wrath — The wrath of God or of men, who were enraged against it.

⁸ Scornful men bringc a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 29:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 29:8