¹⁴ A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.

¹⁶ The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.

⁶ Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.

⁸ A stone of grace `is' the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

²⁰ and ye have said also, Lo, thy servant Jacob `is' behind us;' for he said, `I pacify his face with the present which is going before me, and afterwards I see his face; it may be he lifteth up my face;'

¹¹ And Israel their father saith unto them, `If so, now, this do: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds;

³⁵ And David receiveth from her hand that which she hath brought to him, and to her he hath said, `Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accept thy face.'

²³ A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

³ `But thou, doing kindness, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth,

⁴ that thy kindness may be in secret, and thy Father who is seeing in secret Himself shall reward thee manifestly.