Proverbs 18:16

New American Bible - revised edition

Gifts clear the way for people, winning access to the great.

Cross References

Genesis 32:20

He also ordered the second servant and the third and all the others who followed behind the herds: “Thus and so you shall say to Esau, when you reach him;

Genesis 33:10

“No, I beg you!” said Jacob. “If you will do me the favor, accept this gift from me, since to see your face is for me like seeing the face of God—and you have received me so kindly.

Genesis 43:11

Israel their father then told them: “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the land’s best products in your baggage and take them down to the man as gifts: some balm and honey, gum and resin, and pistachios and almonds.

2 Kings 5:5

The king of Aram said, “Go. I will send along a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman set out, taking along ten silver talents, six thousand gold pieces, and ten festal garments.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe seems a charm to its user; at every turn it brings success.

Proverbs 18:17

Those who plead the case first seem to be in the right; then the opponent comes and cross-examines them.

Proverbs 19:6

Many curry favor with a noble; everybody is a friend of a gift giver.

Proverbs 21:14

A secret gift allays anger, and a present concealed, violent wrath.

1 Samuel 16:20

Then Jesse took five loaves of bread, a skin of wine, and a young goat, and sent them to Saul with his son David.

1 Samuel 25:27

Accept this gift, then, which your maidservant has brought for my lord, and let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.