12 The Righteous One (A)observes the house of the wicked;
    he throws the wicked down to ruin.
13 (B)Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
    will himself call out and not be answered.
14 (C)A gift in secret averts anger,
    and a concealed bribe,[a] strong wrath.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:14 Hebrew a bribe in the bosom

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