THEOSISProverbs 21:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom, the greatest wrath.
מַתָּ֣ן בַּ֭סֵּתֶר יִכְפֶּה־אָ֑ף וְשֹׁ֥חַד בַּ֝חֵ֗ק חֵמָ֥ה עַזָּֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 18:16A man's gift enlargeth his way, and maketh him room before princes.
- Prov 19:6Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of him that giveth gifts.
- Prov 17:8The expectation of him that expecteth is a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely.
- Matt 6:3But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.
- Matt 6:4That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee.
- Gen 32:20And ye shall add: Thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us; for he said: I will appease him with the presents that go before, and afterwards I will see him, perhaps he will be gracious to me.
- 1 Sam 25:35And David received at her hand all that she had brought him, and said to her: Go in peace into thy house, behold I have heard thy voice, and honoured thy face.
- Prov 17:23The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.