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Proverbs 21:14 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 21 · verse 14
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.Proverbs 21:14 · King James Version
Proverbs 21:14 in context
12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pacifiethkâphâhproperly, to bendH3711 →
- secretçêthera coverH5643 →
- rewardshachada donationH7810 →
- strongʻazstrong, vehement, harshH5794 →
- angerʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
- bosomchêyqthe bosomH2436 →
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Here is, 1. The power that is commonly found to be in gifts. Nothing is more violent than anger. O the force of strong wrath! And yet a handsome present, prudently managed, will turn away some men's wrath when it seemed implacable, and disarm the keenest and most passionate resentments.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary