Proverbs 18:16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 A gift opens doors;
it gives access to the great.(A)
Proverbs 18:16
Common English Bible
16 A gift opens the way
for access to important people.
Proverbs 25:6-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
6 Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
or stand in the place of the great,
7 for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.
What your eyes have seen(A)
Proverbs 25:6-7
Common English Bible
6 Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
or stand in the place of important people,
7 because it is better that he say to you,
“Come up here,”
than to be demoted before a ruler.
What your eyes see,
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