Proverbs 18:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ A gift opens doors; it gives access to the great.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ A man’s gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ A gift opens the way for access to important people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ A man's gift expands his way and makes space for him before leaders.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ 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 ahead of me, and afterwards I shall see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”

Genesis 33:10

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

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 them down as a present to the man: a little balm and a little honey, gum, resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

2 Kings 5:5

And the king of Aram said, “Go, then, and I will send along a letter to the king of Israel.” He went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of garments.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it; wherever they turn they prosper.

Proverbs 18:17

The one who first states a case seems right, until the other comes and cross-examines.

Proverbs 19:6

Many seek the favor of the generous, and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.

1 Samuel 16:20

Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a kid and sent them by his son David to Saul.

1 Samuel 25:27

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