Proverbs 29:8

Authorized (King James) Version

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

Proverbs 29:8

American Standard Version

⁸Scoffers set a city in a flame;
But wise men turn away wrath.

¹¹A fool uttereth all his mind:
but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

¹¹A fool uttereth all his ^[a]anger;
But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.

²⁶Many seek the ruler’s favour;
but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.

²⁶Many seek the ruler’s favor;
But a man’s judgment cometh from Jehovah.

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

KJV reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press, the Crown’s patentee in the UK.

American Standard Version (ASV)