Proverbs 19:6
Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.
Proverbs 17:8
An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.
Proverbs 18:16
A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.
Proverbs 29:26
The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.
Proverbs 21:14
By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.
Genesis 32:20
And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.
Genesis 42:6
Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.
Genesis 43:15
So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.
2 Samuel 19:19-39
And said to him, Let me not be judged as a sinner in your eyes, O my lord, and do not keep in mind the wrong I did on the day when my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, or take it to heart.
Job 29:24-25
I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.
Psalm 45:12
And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.
Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.
Proverbs 19:12
The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.
Matthew 2:11
And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.
Romans 6:23
For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.