Proverbs 21:14 A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.
And then there are times when you have to give a bribe or a payment to someone else to keep the peace! Is it right?
Well, the answer has to be made up by those around you – how is it going to affect people if peace does not reign? What will happen when all things go wrong just because of the anger of one person involved?
Sometimes we do have to keep the peace by spending what we have at the time to keep the peace going at the right moment and not waiting to see what happens… Just be aware of the other side of the coin!