13 (A)Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
    will himself call out and not be answered.
14 (B)A gift in secret averts anger,
    and a concealed bribe,[a] strong wrath.
15 When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous
    (C)but terror to evildoers.

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Footnotes

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

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