A gift in secret soothes anger, and a bribe slipped under the cloak, fierce wrath.
In context
12The Righteous One watches the house of the wicked and topples the wicked into ruin. 13Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and go unanswered. 14A gift in secret soothes anger, and a bribe slipped under the cloak, fierce wrath. 15Doing justice is joy to the righteous, but ruin to those who do wrong. 16A man who strays from the way of good sense will come to rest in the assembly of the shades.
