Proverbs 17:8

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Summary

Proverbs 17:8

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Whithersoever

Micah 7:3

General references

Proverbs 17:23

Proverbs 18:16

Bible References

Whithersoever

But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother; let what you have be your own.”

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man as a present, a little

balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.

So David received from her hand what she had brought him and said to her, “Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to you and

granted your request.”

Now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine.

Concerning evil, both hands do it well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.

General references

A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom
To pervert the ways of justice.

A man’s gift makes room for him
And brings him before great men.