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Proverbs 21:14

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

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  1. Proverbs 21:12

    The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

  2. Proverbs 21:13

    Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  3. Proverbs 21:15

    It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  4. Proverbs 21:16

    The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.