Judges 9:4

4And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of aBaal-berith with which Abimelech hired bworthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.

Proverbs 17:8

8 cA bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;
wherever he turns he prospers.

Proverbs 19:6

6Many seek the favor of a generous man,
Or  of a noble

and everyone is a friend to a man who gives egifts.
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