14 A gift given in secret soothes anger,
    and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.(A)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:14 Lit. made under the cloak
  2. Proverbs 21:14 The Heb. lacks appease