Proverbs 19:6
Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
Proverbs 17:8
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Proverbs 18:16
A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Proverbs 29:26
Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom, strong wrath.
Genesis 32:20
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
Genesis 42:6
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis 43:15
And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and arose, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
2 Samuel 19:19-39
And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy 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
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Psalm 45:12
And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat thy favor.
Proverbs 16:15
In the light of a king's countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs 19:12
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Matthew 2:11
And when they had come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshiped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.