1Sa 10:27, Pro 18:16, 19:6, 21:14, Isa 36:16 | ESV | STEP | But some worthless fellows said , How can this man save us? And they despised him and brought him no present . But he held his peace .

b[Gen. 32:20; 1 Sam. 25:27]; See ch. 17:8

1 Samuel 10:27

27 But some ^aworthless fellows said, “How can this man save us?” And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

Proverbs 18:16

16 A man’s ^bgift makes room for him
and brings him before the great.

Proverbs 19:6

6 Many seek the favor of a generous man, ^{▼▼Or of a noble}
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives ^dgifts.

Proverbs 21:14

14 ^eA gift in secret averts anger,
and a concealed bribe, ^{▼▼Hebrew a bribe in the bosom} strong wrath.

Isaiah 36:16

16 Do not listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me ^{▼▼Hebrew Make a blessing with me} and come out to me. Then each one of you will eat of his own vine, and each one of his own fig tree, and each one of you will drink the water of his own cistern,