Genesis 32:20
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20 and you shall say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he said [to himself], “I will try to appease him with the gift that is going ahead of me. Then afterward I will see him; perhaps he will accept and forgive me.”
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Genesis 32:20
New International Version
20 And be sure to say, ‘Your servant(A) Jacob is coming behind us.’” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts(B) I am sending on ahead;(C) later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”(D)
1 Samuel 25:27
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27 Now this gift, which your maidservant has brought my lord, let it be given to the young men who [a]accompany and follow my lord.
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- 1 Samuel 25:27 Lit walk at the feet of.
1 Samuel 25:27
New International Version
27 And let this gift,(A) which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.
Proverbs 17:8
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8
A bribe is like a bright, precious stone in the eyes of its owner;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.
Proverbs 17:8
New International Version
8 A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;
they think success will come at every turn.(A)
Proverbs 21:14
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14
A gift in secret subdues anger,
And a bribe [hidden] in the pocket, strong wrath.
Proverbs 21:14
New International Version
14 A gift given in secret soothes anger,
and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.(A)
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