Proverbs 21:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

Proverbs 21:14 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 19:6
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
Proverbs 18:16
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Proverbs 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
1 Samuel 25:35
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
Genesis 32:20
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14)

Here is, 1. The power that is commonly found to be in gifts. Nothing is more violent than anger. O the force of strong wrath! And yet a handsome present, prudently managed, will turn away some men’s wrath when it seemed implacable, and disarm the keenest and most passionate resentments. Covetousness is commonly a master-sin and has the command of other lusts. Pecuniae obediunt omnia — Money comman…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. The effect of bribery (Pr 17:23) is enhanced by secrecy, as the bribed person does not wish his motives made known.