Proverbs 18:16 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. [Gen. 32:20; I Sam. 25:27; Prov. 17:8; 21:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

A man’s gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

Common English Bible

A gift opens the way for access to important people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

A man's gift expands his way and makes space for him before leaders.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A man's gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes.

Proverbs 18:16 Cross References

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 33:10

Jacob said, “No, I pray you, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand; for truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God, with such favor have you received me.

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man a present, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

2 Kings 5:5

And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten festal garments.

Proverbs 17:8

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

Proverbs 18:17

He who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him.

Proverbs 19:6

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

Proverbs 21:14

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

1 Samuel 16:20

And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a skin of wine and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

1 Samuel 25:27

And now let this present which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.