Proverbs 21:14-16

International Standard Version

¹⁴ Privately given gifts pacify wrath,
    and payments made secretly^[a] appease^[b] great anger.

¹⁵ Administering justice brings joy to the righteous,
    but terror to those who practice iniquity.

¹⁶ Whoever wanders from the path of understanding
    will end up where the dead^[c] are gathered.