Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.
Proverbs 18:16
The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.
Proverbs 19:6
Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.
Proverbs 17:8
A stone of grace is the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Genesis 32:20
and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob is behind us;' for he said, 'I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;'
Genesis 43:11
And Israel their father saith unto them, 'If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;
1 Samuel 25:35
And David receiveth from her hand that which she hath brought to him, and to her he hath said, 'Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accept thy face.'
Proverbs 17:23
A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
Matthew 6:3-4
'But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,