Proverbs 19:6

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Cross References

Genesis 32:20

You shall say, 'Not only that, but behold, your servant, Ya`akov, is behind us.'* For, he said, *I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.*

Genesis 42:6

Yosef was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Yosef's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

Genesis 43:15

The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Binyamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Yosef.

Psalm 45:12

The daughter of Tzor comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is a precious 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

The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice comes from the LORD.

Matthew 2:11

They came into the house and saw the young child with Miriam, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Romans 6:23

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