Proverbs 19:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶ Many seek the favor of a generous man, and every one is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Many will intreat the favour of the prince: And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Many will entreat the favor of a liberal man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Common English Bible

⁶ Many seek favor from rulers; everyone befriends a gift giver.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Many honor the character of one who is powerful, and there are friends for a giver of gifts.

Proverbs 19:6 Krydshenvisninger

Genesis 32:20

and you shall say, ‘Moreover your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterwards I shall see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was governor over the land; he it was who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 43:15

So the men took the present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin; and they arose and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

Psalm 45:12

the people of Tyre will sue your favor with gifts, the richest of the people

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of a king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.

Proverbs 18:16

A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.

Proverbs 19:12

A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret averts anger; and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the favor of a ruler, but from the Lord a man gets justice.

Matthew 2:11

and going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.