Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

Proverbs 21:14 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી — નીતિવચનો ૨૧:૧૪: છૂપી રીતે આપેલ ભેટથી ક્રોધ શમી જાય છે, છુપાવેલી લાંચથી ભારે રોષ શમી જાય છે.
हिन्दी — नीतिवचन २१:१४: गुप्त में दी हुई भेंट से क्रोध ठंडा होता है, और चुपके से दी हुई घूस से बड़ी जलजलाहट भी थमती है।

12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

14A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

15It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

16The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.