Proverbs 21:14 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

A gift in secret pacifieth anger: And a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A gift in secret pacifies and turns away anger, and a bribe in the lap, strong wrath.

American Standard Version (1901)

A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.

Common English Bible

A secret gift calms anger, and a hidden bribe removes furious wrath.

Catholic Public Domain Version

A surprise gift extinguishes anger. And a gift concealed in the bosom extinguishes the greatest indignation.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom the greatest wrath.

Proverbs 21:14 Mga Krus na Reperensya

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 afterwards I shall see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”

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 them down as a present to the man—a little balm and a little honey, gum, resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Proverbs 17:23

The wicked accept a concealed bribe to pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it; wherever they turn they prosper.

Proverbs 18:16

A gift opens doors; it gives access to the great.

Proverbs 19:6

Many seek the favor of the generous, and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.

1 Samuel 25:35

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