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Genesis 32:20
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Genesis 32:20
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20 and also say, ‘Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us.’ ” For he said, “I will (A)appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.”
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Genesis 32:21
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Genesis 32:21
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21 So the present went on over before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
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1 Samuel 25:27
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1 Samuel 25:27
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27 And now (A)this present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
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Proverbs 17:8
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Proverbs 17:8
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8 A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.
Proverbs 21:14
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Proverbs 21:14
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14 A gift in secret pacifies anger,
And a bribe [a]behind the back, strong wrath.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:14 Under cover, lit. in the bosom
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