TSK · Proverbs 18:16

“No, please take them,” Jacob said.“If I have found favor in your sight, accept my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God.

Now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow my lord.

A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it; in whatever he does he succeeds.

A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.