Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
Note Hebrew a bribe in the bosom
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- gift
- Proverbs 17:8, 23; Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 19:6; Genesis 32:20; Genesis 43:11; 1 Samuel 25:35
- in secret
- Matthew 6:3, 4