⇧

Proverbs 18:16
A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

--------------------

Proverbs 17:8
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.

Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

Proverbs 19:6
Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Genesis 32:20
You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’ ” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”

Genesis 43:11
Their father, Israel, said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

Genesis 32:13
He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother:

-----

1 Samuel 25:18
Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.

2 Samuel 17:28
brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, roasted grain,

2 Samuel 17:29
honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

-----

Job 32:9
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

Proverbs 25:6
Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

Ecclesiastes 2:9
So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

Public Domain