TSK · Proverbs 18:16

Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.

Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.

A gift in secret pacifies anger; and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.