In context
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. 17Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; whoever loves wine and oil will not grow rich. 18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous takes the place of the upright.
