Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 18:16 in English Standard Version "A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great." Ge 32:20 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.” 1Sa 25:27 And now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord. Pr 17:8 A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers.