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Proverbs 17:8
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A bribe is like a lucky charm; whoever gives one will prosper!
A bribe is [as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it; Wherever it turns, it prospers.
Some people think they can pay others to do anything they ask. They think it will work every time.
A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
A bribe is like a bright, precious stone in the eyes of its owner; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
A preciouse stoon moost acceptable is the abiding of hym that sekith; whidur euere he turneth hym silf, he vndurstondith prudentli.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
A bribe works miracles like a magic charm that brings good luck.
A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.
A bribe works like a charm, in the view of him who gives it — wherever it turns, it succeeds.
A gift is a precious stone in the eyes of the possessor: whithersoever it turneth it prospereth.
Some people think a bribe is like a lucky charm—it seems to work wherever they go.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; whithersoever he turneth, he prospereth.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoeuer it turneth, it prospereth.
Being paid in secret for wrong-doing is like a stone of much worth to the one who has it. Wherever he turns, he does well.
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it; wherever they turn they prosper.
A rewarde is as a stone pleasant in the eyes of them that haue it: it prospereth, whithersoeuer it turneth.
A precious stone is beautiful in the eyes of him who has it; wherever it turns it is admired.
Some people think a bribe works like magic; they believe it can do anything.
A gift, in the eyes of its owner, is, a stone of beauty, whithersoever it turneth, it bringeth prosperity.
The expectation of him that expecteth is a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely.
A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.
A gyft is as a precious stone vnto hym that hath it: but vnto whom soeuer it turneth, it maketh hym vnwise.
Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.
A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner;wherever he turns, he succeeds.
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
The bribe is a stone of magic in the eyes of its owner; everywhere he will turn, he will prosper.
A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who possesses it; everywhere he turns, he is prudent.
A stone of grace [is] the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Liberalite is a precious stone vnto him that hath it, for where so euer he becometh, he prospereth.
Receiving a gift is like getting a rare gemstone; any way you look at it, you see beauty refracted.
A bribe is a charm in the sight of its owner; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
A bribe is a charm in the sight of its owner; Wherever he turns, he prospers.
A bribe is a charm in the eyes of its owner;Wherever he turns, he prospers.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
gift: Proverbs 17:23, Psalms 18:16, Psalms 19:6, Psalms 21:13, Psalms 29:4, Exodus 23:8, Deuteronomy 16:19
precious stone: Heb. stone of grace
whithersoever: Genesis 33:9-11, Genesis 43:11, 1 Samuel 25:35, 2 Samuel 16:1-4, Micah 7:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 21:27 - took Genesis 24:31 - thou Genesis 32:13 - a present Proverbs 18:16 - General Proverbs 19:6 - and Proverbs 21:14 - gift Daniel 11:24 - he shall scatter Acts 24:26 - hoped
Cross-References
I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever.
Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you."
I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!"
Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, "Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"
But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."
"I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead."
May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident."
He said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.'
I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it,.... Or "is a stone of grace" h, the note of similitude being wanting. It is an ornament of grace, adorns the person that wears it, makes him look lovely and amiable; is very grateful and desirable in itself, attracts and dazzles the eyes, and fills the mind with pleasure; so is a gift in the eyes of him that has it, that is the owner of it; either that has it in his possession to give, is the giver of it, as Aben Ezra; which, as it is valuable in his own eyes, he judges it to be so with others, and thinks he can do what be pleases with it, and engage persons by it to do as he would have them: or that is the receiver of it, as the Targum; who, having it given him, is master of it, and is so acceptable to him, and has such an influence upon him, as to do anything for it the giver of it directs him to, as follows:
whithersoever it turneth it prospereth: to whatsoever cause, or to whatsoever persons, judge or jury, it is given and received; it succeeds far better than the most eloquent orations, or learned pleadings in law, or appeals to statutes, and the production of them. Money answers all things; a gift blinds the eyes; it is like a diamond, so sparkling and dazzling, so charming and attracting, that the person to whom it is offered cannot resist it; and it draws him to do whatever is desired of him; it carries the cause, it succeeds according to the wish of the giver: or, as the Arabic version renders it,
"he shall find his business plain;''
done as he would have it. Jarchi applies the proverb thus;
"when a man comes before the Lord, and bribes him with words, and returns unto him, it is a precious stone in his eyes; and in all that he asks of him he prospers.''
h אבן חן "lapsis gratiae", Montanus, Baynus, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A half-satirical description of the power of bribery in palaces and among judges. The precious stone (literally as in the margin) is probably a gem, thought of as a talisman, which, “wherever it turns,” will ensure “prosperity” to him who, being the possessor, has the power to give it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 17:8. A gift is as a precious stone — It both enriches and ornaments. In the latter clause there is an evident allusion to cut stones. Whithersoever you turn them, they reflect the light, are brilliant and beautiful.
