Proverbs 17:8

American King James Version (1999)

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: wherever it turns, it prospers.

Cross References

Exodus 23:8

And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Micah 7:3

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man, he utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Amos 5:12

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.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

1 Samuel 25:35

So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to your house; see, I have listened to your voice, and have accepted your person.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Genesis 43:11

And their father Israel said to 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:

Psalm 29:4

The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

Psalm 21:13

Be you exalted, LORD, in your own strength: so will we sing and praise your power.

Psalm 19:6

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Psalm 18:16

He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

Ecclesiastes 7:7

Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a gift destroys the heart.

Genesis 32:14

Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

Genesis 32:21

So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

Proverbs 18:16

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