Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bribery » What gifts (bribes) do
Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.
The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
Great » Joy, occasions of » Men
A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.
It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.
Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:
And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.
Men » Great
A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.
It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.
Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:
And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.
Presents » Generally procured a favorable reception
A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.
Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.