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Proverbs 21:14
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A secret gift soothes anger,and a covert bribe, fierce rage.
A gift in secret pacifies anger; And a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.
A gift in secret subdues anger, And a bribe in an inside pocket, strong wrath.
A secret gift will calm an angry person; a present given in secrecy will quiet great anger.
A gift in secret subdues anger, And a bribe [hidden] in the pocket, strong wrath.
A gift in secret pacifies anger; And a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.
A gift in secret subdues anger,And a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
A secret bribe will save you from someone's fierce anger.
A secret gift allays anger, and a bribe under the cloak the strongest fury.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger; and a present in the bosom, vehement fury.
If anyone is angry with you, give them a gift in private. A gift given in secret will calm even the strongest anger.
A gift in secret pacifies anger; but he who is sparing with his gifts stirs wrath.
If someone is angry with you, a gift given secretly will calm him down.
A gift in secret will avert anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.
A gift in secret subdues anger; yea, a bribe in the bosom quiets great fury.
A preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure, and a gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.
By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a present in the bosom strong wrath.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger; and a reward in the bosome, strong wrath.
A priuie rewarde pacifieth displeasure: and a gyft in the bosome [stylleth] furiousnesse.
A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a present in the bosom strong wrath.
A yift hid quenchith chidyngis; and a yift in bosum quenchith the moost indignacioun.
A gift in secret pacifies anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom, strong wrath.
A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.
A gift in secret pacifies anger,And a bribe behind the back, [fn] strong wrath.
A gift in secret quiets anger. A gift from the heart quiets strong anger.
A gift in secret averts anger; and a concealed bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
A gift in secret, quencheth anger, and, a present in the bosom, mighty wrath.
A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom, the greatest wrath.
A gift in secret averts anger; and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.
A quietly given gift soothes an irritable person; a heartfelt present cools a hot temper.
A gift in secret subdues anger, And a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
gift: Proverbs 17:8, Proverbs 17:23, Proverbs 18:16, Proverbs 19:6, Genesis 32:20, Genesis 43:11, 1 Samuel 25:35
in secret: Matthew 6:3, Matthew 6:4
Reciprocal: Genesis 21:27 - took Genesis 32:13 - a present Judges 3:15 - sent a present 1 Samuel 25:18 - took two
Cross-References
The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.
Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the Lord 's presence.
And Sarah declared, "God has brought me laughter. All who hear about this will laugh with me.
Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!"
"Swear to me in God's name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner."
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech's servants had taken by force from Abraham's servants.
Then he named the place Beersheba (which means "well of the oath"), because that was where they had sworn the oath.
Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he worshiped the Lord , the Eternal God.
The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.
Then they returned to the servants and traveled back to Beersheba, where Abraham continued to live.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A gift in secret pacifieth anger,.... Appeases an angry man; humbles and "brings [his anger] down" y, as Aben Ezra and Gersom observe the word signifies; which before rose very high, and showed itself in big words and disdainful looks, as proud wrath does; or extinguishes it, as the Targum and Vulgate Latin version render it, and very fitly. Anger is a fire in the breast; and a restraining or causing it to cease is properly expressed by an extinguishing of it: this a gift or present does, as it did in Esau from Jacob, in David from Abigail; but then it must be secretly given, otherwise it may more provoke; since it may show vanity in the giver, and covetousness in the receiver; and the former may have more honour than the latter. Some understand this of a gift for a bribe to a judge, to abate the severity of the sentence; and others of alms deeds to the poor, to pacify the anger of God z: Jarchi interprets it of alms; and the Jews write this sentence upon the poor's box, understanding it in this sense; but the first sense is best;
and a reward in the bosom strong wrath: the same thing in different words; the meaning is, that a reward or gift, secretly conveyed into the bosom of an angry man, pacifies his wrath, when at the greatest height. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, understand it in a quite different sense, of a gift retained in the bosom, and not given, and render it thus, "he that spareth gifts stirreth up strong wrath".
y יכפה "deprimit", Piscator; so some in Mercerus; "subigit", Cocceius; "pensat nasum", Schultens. z "Munera (crede mihi) placant hominesque deosque", Ovid. de Arte Amandi, l. 3.
