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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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Matthew Henry

(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 comm...

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