Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.
1611 marginal noteOr, set a citie on fire.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.
Definition sources
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First occurrence: Genesis 39:19
Complete exact-word concordance
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Scornefull men bring a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.
1611 marginal noteOr, set a citie on fire.
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Surely the churning of milke bringeth forth butter; and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
All his dayes also hee eateth in darkenesse, and he hath much sorrowe, and wrath with his sicknesse.
Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuell of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.
1611 marginal noteHeb. meat.
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
I will send him against an hypocriticall nation, and against the people of my wrath will I giue him a charge to take the spoile, and to take the praye, and to tread them downe like the mire of the streets.
1611 marginal noteHeb. to lay them a treading.
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Behold, the day of the LORD commeth, cruell both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Therefore I will shake the heauens, and the earth shall remoue out of her place in the wrath of the LORD of hostes, and in the day of his fierce anger.
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
He who smote the people in wrath with a continuall stroke; hee that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted and none hindereth.
1611 marginal noteHebr. A stroke without remoouing.
¶ We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
¶ We haue heard of the pride of Moab (hee is very proud) euen of his hautines, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
1611 marginal noteIere.48.29.
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
In a litle wrath I hid my face from thee, for a moment; but with euerlasting kindnesse will I haue mercie on thee, saith the LORD thy redeemer.
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