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Genesis 32:20
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20 You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I want to appease Esau with the gift that is going ahead of me. After that, I can face him, and perhaps he will forgive me.”

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Genesis 32:20
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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)

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1 Samuel 25:27
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27 Accept this gift(A) your servant has brought to my lord, and let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

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1 Samuel 25:27
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27 And let this gift,(A) which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.

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Proverbs 17:8
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8 A bribe(A) seems like a magic stone to its owner;
wherever he turns, he succeeds.(B)

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Proverbs 17:8
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8 A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;
    they think success will come at every turn.(A)

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Proverbs 18
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Proverbs 19:6
Holman Christian Standard Bible

6 Many seek a ruler’s favor,(A)
and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.(B)

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Proverbs 19:6
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6 Many curry favor with a ruler,(A)
    and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.(B)

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Proverbs 21:14
Holman Christian Standard Bible

14 A secret gift soothes anger,
and a covert bribe,[a] fierce rage.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 21:14 Lit a bribe in the bosom
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Proverbs 21:14
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14 A gift given in secret soothes anger,
    and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.(A)

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