Proverbs 19:6
Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.
Proverbs 17:8
A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it; in whatever he does he succeeds.
Proverbs 18:16
A person's gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.
Proverbs 29:26
Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one receives justice.
Proverbs 21:14
A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.
Genesis 32:20
You must also say, 'In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.'" Jacob thought, "I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me."
Genesis 42:6
Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
Genesis 43:15
So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
2 Samuel 19:19-39
He said to the king, "Don't think badly of me, my lord, and don't recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don't call it to mind!
Job 29:24-25
If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.
Psalm 45:12
Rich people from Tyre will seek your favor by bringing a gift.
Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain.
Proverbs 19:12
A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Matthew 2:11
As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Romans 6:23
For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.