Proverbs 19:6

Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.

A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.