Proverbs 19:6

New Century Version

Many people want to please a leader, and everyone is friends with those who give gifts.

Cross References

Genesis 32:20

Say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” Jacob thought, “If I send these gifts ahead of me, maybe Esau will forgive me. Then when I see him, perhaps he will accept me.”

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was governor over Egypt. He was the one who sold the grain to people who came to buy it. So Joseph’s brothers came to him and bowed facedown on the ground before him.

Genesis 43:15

So the brothers took the gifts. They also took twice as much money as they had taken the first time, and they took Benjamin. They hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

Psalm 45:12

People from the city of Tyre have brought a gift. Wealthy people will want to meet you.

Proverbs 16:15

A smiling king can give people life; his kindness is like a spring shower.

Proverbs 17:8

Some people think they can pay others to do anything they ask. They think it will work every time.

Proverbs 18:16

Taking gifts to important people will help get you in to see them.

Proverbs 19:12

An angry king is like a roaring lion, but his kindness is like the dew on the grass.

Proverbs 21:14

A secret gift will calm an angry person; a present given in secrecy will quiet great anger.

Proverbs 29:26

Many people want to speak to a ruler, but justice comes only from the Lord.

Matthew 2:11

They came to the house where the child was and saw him with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their gifts and gave him treasures of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Romans 6:23

The payment for sin is death. But God gives us the free gift of life forever in Christ Jesus our Lord.