Proverbs 21:14
Privately given gifts pacify wrath, and payments made secretly appease great anger.
Proverbs 18:16
A person's gift opens doors for him, bringing him access to important people.
Proverbs 19:6
Many curry favor of an official; everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
Proverbs 17:8
A bribe works wonders in the eyes of its giver; wherever he turns he prospers.
Genesis 32:20
You are to tell him, "Look! Your servant Jacob is coming along behind us.'"
Genesis 43:11
"If that's the way it has to be," their father Israel replied, "then do this: take some of the best produce of the land in your containers and take them to the man as a gift some resin ointment, some honey, fragrant resins, myrrh, pistachios, and almonds.
1 Samuel 25:35
David took from her what she had brought him and told her, "Go up to your house in peace. Look, I've heard your request and will grant it."
Proverbs 17:23
The wicked man takes a bribe in secret in order to pervert the course of justice.
Matthew 6:3-4
But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,