Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
BSB
ASV
A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.
KJV
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Proverbs 19:6Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
leads to
A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.
Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the…
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Proverbs 18:16A man’s gift opens doors for him, and brings him before great men.
leads to
Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift…
But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face…
Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.