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2 Samuel 16 1
And when David was a little past the top[ of the hill], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred[ loaves] of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
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Proverbs 18:16
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
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Proverbs 6:4-5
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand[ of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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Numbers 16:46-48
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
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2 Samuel 17 28-2 Samuel 17 29
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched[ corn], and beans, and lentiles, and parched[ pulse],And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that[ were] with him, to eat: for they said, The people[ is] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
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Genesis 32:13-20
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.And he delivered[ them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose[ art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose[ are] these before thee?Then thou shalt say,[ They be] thy servant Jacob’s; it[ is] a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he[ is] behind us.And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob[ is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
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Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
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1 Chronicles 12 40
Moreover they that were nigh them,[ even] unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen,[ and] meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for[ there was] joy in Israel.
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Matthew 5:25
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
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Genesis 43:11-14
And their father Israel said unto them, If[ it must be] so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry[ it] again in your hand; peradventure it[ was] an oversight:Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved[ of my children], I am bereaved.
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1 Samuel 25 34
For in very deed,[ as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.