Proverbs 21:12-14

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹² The Righteous One^[a] carefully watches the house of the wicked.
He throws the wicked down to ruin.
¹³ Whoever shuts his ear to the cries of the poor—
he too will cry out and not be answered.
¹⁴ A gift given in secret soothes anger,
and a bribe slipped into the pocket soothes fury.