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14 (A)A gift in secret averts anger,
    and a concealed bribe,[a] strong wrath.
15 When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous
    (B)but terror to evildoers.
16 One who wanders from the way of good sense
    (C)will rest in the assembly of the dead.

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  1. Proverbs 21:14 Hebrew a bribe in the bosom