Proverbs 21:14
A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
In Context
15It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy man is abominable with evil-doers.
Cross References
Genesis 43:11And Israel, their father, said to them, If it be so, do this; take of the fruits of the earth in your vessels, and carry down to the man presents of gum and honey, and frankincense, and stacte, and turpentine, and walnuts.
Proverbs 17:8Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward: and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.
Proverbs 18:16A man's gift + 18:16 See Ps. 118. 32.enlarges him, and seats him among princes.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:14
13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. Here we have the description and doom of an uncharitable man. 1. His description: He stops his ears at the cry of the poor, at the cry of their wants and miseries (he resolves to take no cognizance of them), at the cry of their requests and supplications—he resolves he will not so much as give them the hearing, turns them away from his door, and forbids them to come near him, or, if he cannot avoid hearing them,… Read the whole commentary →