Proverbs 21:14-16

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¹⁴ A secret gift will calm an angry person;
a ·present [or bribe] given in secrecy will quiet great anger [Ex. 23:8; Deut. 16:19; 27:25; Ps. 15:5; Eccl. 7:7; Is. 1:23].

¹⁵ When justice is done, ·good [righteous] people are happy,
but evil people are ruined.

¹⁶ ·Whoever does not use good sense [^LPeople who wander from the path of insight]
will ·end up [rest] among the ·dead [departed; shades].