Proverbs 29:8

“Scornful men bring a city into a snare, etc.] Such as despise dominion, speak evil of dignities; proud and haughty men, that speak Loftily, and with a contempt of their superiors; or who make a mock at religion, and scoff at all that is good and serious; these bring the inhabitants of a city into a snare, to rebel against their governors, and so into mischief and ruin: or, they “burn a city”, as the Septuagint and Syriac versionsf809; they inflame it, or blow it up into a flame; raise a combustion in it, and fill it with strifes and contentions; and bring down the wrath of God upon it, like fire: or, they “blow upon a city”f810; raise storms and tempests in it; turn all things upside down,…”

“Scornful men--those who contemptuously disregard God's law. bring--(Compare Margin), kindle strife. turn away wrath--that is, "abate wrath."”

“Scornful men - The men who head political or religious revolutions, who inflame (literally as in the margin) the minds of the people against the powers that be. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Wrath - The wrath of God or of men, who were enraged against it. Proverbs 29:9”

“Scornful: Pro 11:11; Isa 28:14-22; Mat 27:39-43; Joh 9:40, Joh 9:41, Joh 11:47-50; Th1 2:15, Th1 2:16 bring a city into a snare: or, set a city on fire, Jam 3:5, Jam 3:6 wise: Exo 32:10-14; Num 16:48, Num 25:11; Deu 9:18-20; Sa2 24:16, Sa2 24:17; Jer 15:1; Eze 22:30; Amo 7:2-6; Jam 5:15-18 Proverbs 29:9”

“8 Men of derision set the city in an uproar, But wise men allay anger. Isa. 28 shows what we are to understand by אנשׁי לצון: men to whom nothing is holy, and who despise all authority. The Hiphil יפיחוּ does not signify irretiunt, from פּחח (Venet. παγιδιοῦσι, after Kimchi, Aben Ezra, and others), but sufflant, from פוח (Rashi: ילהיבו): they stir up or excite the city, i.e., its inhabitants, so that they begin to burn as with flames, i.e., by the dissolution of the bonds of mutual respect and of piety, by the letting loose of passion, they disturb the peace and excite the classes of the community and individuals against each other; but the wise bring it about that the breathings of anger…”