Proverbs 21:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 21:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 21:14 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 21:14 — KJV
“A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.”
— Proverbs 21:14 (KJV)
Proverbs 21:14 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 21:14
“And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 21:14: anger, strong, wrath
“O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. digged...: or, houghed oxen”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 21:14: secret, anger
“Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 21:14: anger, wrath
“Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 21:14: gift, anger
“If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 21:14: secret, bosom
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