Proverbs
Chapters 21:12-18
Amplified Bible
12The [uncompromisingly] righteous man considers well the house of the wicked–how the wicked are cast down to ruin.
13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor will cry out himself and not be heard. [Matt. 18:30-34; James 2:13.]
14A gift in secret pacifies and turns away anger, and a bribe in the lap, strong wrath.
15When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God), but to the evildoers it is dismay, calamity, and ruin.
16A man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall abide in the congregation of the spirits (of the dead).
17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
18The wicked become a ransom for the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and the treacherous for the upright [because the wicked themselves fall into the traps and pits they have dug for the good].