Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bribery » What gifts (bribes) do
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes the discerning blind to what is right and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Never pervert justice. Always be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right.
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A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
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Oppression makes a wise man foolish (emotionally unstable) (mentally ill) and a bribe destroys the heart.
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Great » Joy, occasions of » Men
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
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It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.
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Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men.
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I became great and increased more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem and my wisdom remained with me.
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Men » Great
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
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It is not the old that are wise, nor the aged that understand what is right.
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Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men.
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I became great and increased more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem and my wisdom remained with me.
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Presents » Generally procured a favorable reception
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
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Many ask favors of the prince. Every man is a friend of a person who gives gifts.
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