Proverbs 21:12-14

English Standard Version Anglicised

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.