World English Bible
Proverbs 21:14
“A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 21
12
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
13
Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
14
A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
15
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
16
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.