Proverbs 17:8

New Messianic Version Bible

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

Cross References

Exodus 23:8

And youi 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

Your1s princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they defend not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come unto 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 [beloved] received of her hand [that] which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to youi house; see, I have listened to youi voice, and have accepted youi person.

Deuteronomy 16:19

youi shall not wrest judgment; youi 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 Isra’el (he who holds onto God-The Creator) said unto them, If [it must be] so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in yourf vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm (a medicine; rosin from a bush), and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

Psalm 29:4

The voice of the Lord-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] powerful; the voice of the Lord-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] full of majesty.

Psalm 21:13

Be youi exalted, Lord-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], in youri own strength: [so] will we sing and praise youri power.

Psalm 19:6

His going forth [is] from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto 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.