A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.
A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.
Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.
Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.”
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
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