Proverbs 19:6
Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
Proverbs 17:8
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.
Proverbs 18:16
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
Proverbs 29:26
Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice comes from the LORD.
Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
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 42:6
Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis 43:15
The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
2 Samuel 19:19-39
He said to the king, "Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me, nor remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
Job 29:24-25
I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They did not reject the light of my face.
Psalm 45:12
The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.
Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.
Proverbs 19:12
The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor 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 they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.