Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a present in the bosom strong wrath.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
In Context
15To do justly is joy to the righteous, but ruin to the workers of iniquity.
Cross References
Genesis 43:11And their father Israel said unto them: 'If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds;
Proverbs 17:8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; whithersoever he turneth, he prospereth.
Proverbs 18:16A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
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 →