Proverbs 21:14

English Standard Version 2016

A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:16

A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.

Proverbs 19:6

Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.

Proverbs 17:23

The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

1 Samuel 25:35

Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.”

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Genesis 32:20

and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”