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TSK · Proverbs 19:6

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Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

He said to the king,“Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don’t call it to mind!

Rich people from Tyre will seek your favor by bringing a gift.

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

A king’s wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one receives justice.

For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.