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Proverbs 21:11-16 English Standard Version (ESV)

11. When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.

12. The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked;he throws the wicked down to ruin.

13. Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poorwill himself call out and not be answered.

14. A gift in secret averts anger,and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.

15. When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

16. One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead.