Proverbs 21:14-16

New International Reader's Version

¹⁴ A secret gift calms down anger.
    A hidden favor softens great anger.

¹⁵ When you do what is fair, you make godly people glad.
    But you terrify those who do what is evil.

¹⁶ Whoever leaves the path of understanding
    ends up with those who are dead.