"A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth."
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And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.
A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of the possessor: whithersoever it turneth it prospereth.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
A stone of grace `is' the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.