Proverbs 29:8

Modern English Version

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

Proverbs 29:8

Authorized (King James) Version

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

¹¹A fool utters all his mind,
but a wise man keeps it in until afterwards.

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

²⁶Many seek the ruler’s favor,
but every man’s judgment comes from the Lord.

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

Modern English Version (MEV)

Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

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