King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 29:8
“Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 29
6
In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
7
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].
8
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.
9
[If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.
10
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.