Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

好施散的，有多人求他的恩情；爱送礼的，人都为他的朋友。

有权贵的，许多人求他赏脸；爱送礼的，人都作他的朋友。

有权贵的，许多人求他赏脸；爱送礼的，人都作他的朋友。

大家都讨好慷慨的人，人人都结交好施赠的。

尊贵的人，很多人求他的情面；慷慨施赠的，人人都作他的朋友。

许多人恳求高贵者的情面，每个人都是送礼之人的朋友。

好施散的，有多人求他的恩情；愛送禮的，人都為他的朋友。

有權貴的，許多人求他賞臉；愛送禮的，人都作他的朋友。

有權貴的，許多人求他賞臉；愛送禮的，人都作他的朋友。

大家都討好慷慨的人，人人都結交好施贈的。

尊貴的人，很多人求他的情面；慷慨施贈的，人人都作他的朋友。

慷慨的、許多人求他的情面；愛送禮的、人都做他的朋友。

許多人懇求高貴者的情面，每個人都是送禮之人的朋友。

好施濟、則求之者多、好饋遺、則友之者眾、

位居民牧、求恩者多、厚禮施人、欲交者眾。

好揮霍者、諂之者多、好餽禮者、人俱欲與之交、

Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.

Many try to win the favor of rulers. And everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts.

Many seek favors from a ruler; everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts!

Many seek a ruler’s favor, and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.

Many will seek the favor of a generous person, And every person is a friend to him who gives gifts.

Many entreat the favor of the nobility, And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.

Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; And every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Many seek a ruler’s favor, and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.

Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man[ is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.

Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Many seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that a man gets justice.

A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.

A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.

A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.

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

So the men took this present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin. They arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

and you shall say,‘ Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought,“ I may appease him with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”

In the light of a king’s face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down.I chose their way and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.

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

And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

and said to the king,“ Let not my lord hold me guilty or remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. Do not let the king take it to heart.For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore, behold, I have come this day, the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered,“ Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?”But David said,“ What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?”And the king said to Shimei,“ You shall not die.” And the king gave him his oath.And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. He had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came back in safety.And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him,“ Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”He answered,“ My lord, O king, my servant deceived me, for your servant said to him,‘ I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ For your servant is lame.He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.For all my father’s house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to cry to the king?”And the king said to him,“ Why speak any more of your affairs? I have decided: you and Ziba shall divide the land.”And Mephibosheth said to the king,“ Oh, let him take it all, since my lord the king has come safely home.”Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, and he went on with the king to the Jordan, to escort him over the Jordan.Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. He had provided the king with food while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.And the king said to Barzillai,“ Come over with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem.”But Barzillai said to the king,“ How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?I am this day eighty years old. Can I discern what is pleasant and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or what he drinks? Can I still listen to the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?Your servant will go a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward?Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him go over with my lord the king, and do for him whatever seems good to you.”And the king answered,“ Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you, and all that you desire of me I will do for you.”Then all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over. And the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own home.

Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

The people of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts, the richest of the people.