Proverbs 19:6

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

⁵ A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who tells lies will not escape.
⁶ Many will seek the favor of a generous man,
And every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.
⁷ All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his friends abandon him!
He pursues them with words, but they are gone.

Entreat the Favor

Seek The Favor

Proverbs 17:8

A bribe is a charm in the sight of its owner;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.

Proverbs 18:16

A man’s gift makes room for him
And brings him before great men.

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the ruler’s favor,
But justice for man comes from the Lord.

Proverbs 21:14

A gift in secret subdues anger,
And a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.

Genesis 32:20

and you shall say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind us.’” For he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me. Then afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”

Genesis 42:6

Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

Genesis 43:15

So the men took this present, and they took double the money in their hand, and Benjamin; then they arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

2 Samuel 19:19-39

So he said to the king, “Let not my lord consider me guilty, nor remember what your servant did wrong on the day when my lord the king came out from Jerusalem, so that the king would take it to heart.

Job 29:24-25

“I smiled on them when they did not believe,
And the light of my face they did not cast down.

Psalm 45:12

The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of a king’s face is life,
And his favor is like a cloud with the spring rain.

Proverbs 19:12

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is like dew on the grass.

Matthew 2:11

After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.