“A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.”
Proverbs 21:14 (KJV) |
Proverbs 21:14
From Proverbs 21, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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12
The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
13
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
14
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
15
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
16
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.