Proverbs 21:14–16

14  rA gift in secret averts anger,

and a concealed bribe,1 strong wrath.

15  When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous

sbut terror to evildoers.

16  One who wanders from the way of good sense

twill rest in the assembly of the dead.

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