Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
In Context
13He that stoppeth his eare at the crying of the poore, he shall also cry and not be heard.
15It is ioye to the iust to doe iudgement: but destruction shalbe to the workers of iniquitie.
Cross References
Genesis 43:11Then their father Israel sayd vnto them, If it must needes be so now, do thus: take of the best fruites of the lande in your vessels, and bring the man a present, a little rosen, and a little hony, spices and myrrhe, nuttes, and almondes:
Proverbs 17:8A rewarde is as a stone pleasant in the eyes of them that haue it: it prospereth, whithersoeuer it turneth.
Proverbs 18:16A mans gift enlargeth him, and leadeth him before great men.
Matthew 6:3But when thou doest thine almes, let not thy left hand knowe what thy right hand doeth,
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 →