Proverbs 18:16 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ A gift opens doors; it gives access to the great.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ A man's gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. [Gen. 32:20; I Sam. 25:27; Prov. 17:8; 21:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ A man’s gift maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ A gift opens the way for access to important people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ A man's gift expands his way and makes space for him before leaders.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ A man's gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes.

Proverbs 18:16 Mga Krus na Reperensya

Genesis 32:20

and you shall say, ‘Moreover your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterwards I shall see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”

Genesis 33:10

Jacob said, “No, please; if I find favor with you, then accept my present from my hand; for truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God—since you have received me with such favor.

Genesis 43:11

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry them down as a present to the man—a little balm and a little honey, gum, resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

2 Kings 5:5

And the king of Aram said, “Go then, and I will send along a letter to the king of Israel.” He went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of garments.

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it; wherever they turn they prosper.

Proverbs 18:17

The one who first states a case seems right, until the other comes and cross-examines.

Proverbs 19:6

Many seek the favor of the generous, and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret averts anger; and a concealed bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.

1 Samuel 16:20

Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a kid, and sent them by his son David to Saul.

1 Samuel 25:27

And now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.