Proverbs 29:8
Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.
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- 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 Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!
- Proverbs 16:14 The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.