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Genesis 37:25
Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.
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Jeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
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Ezekiel 27:17
Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, meal, honey, oil, and balm.
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Proverbs 18:16
A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before the great.
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1 Samuel 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.
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1 Kings 10 25
Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.
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Leviticus 20:24
But I have said to you,‘ You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
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Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret averts anger, and a concealed bribe, strong wrath.
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Acts 21:14
And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said,“ Let the will of the Lord be done.”
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Psalms 76:11
Make your vows to the Lord your God and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared,
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1 Samuel 9 7
Then Saul said to his servant,“ But if we go, what can we bring the man? For the bread in our sacks is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?”
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Song of Solomon 4 10
How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
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Proverbs 19:6
Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
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Ezekiel 27:15
The men of Dedan traded with you. Many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony.
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2 Kings 16 8
Ahaz also took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasures of the king’s house and sent a present to the king of Assyria.
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Genesis 32:13-21
So he stayed there that night, and from what he had with him he took a present for his brother Esau,two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,thirty milking camels and their calves, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.These he handed over to his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants,“ Pass on ahead of me and put a space between drove and drove.”He instructed the first,“ When Esau my brother meets you and asks you,‘ To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And whose are these ahead of you?’then you shall say,‘ They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a present sent to my lord Esau. And moreover, he is behind us.’”He likewise instructed the second and the third and all who followed the droves,“ You shall say the same thing to Esau when you find him,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.”So the present passed on ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
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Deuteronomy 33:14
with the choicest fruits of the sun and the rich yield of the months,
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1 Kings 15 19
“ Let there be a covenant between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I am sending to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.”
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Song of Solomon 8 14
Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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Song of Solomon 4 14-Song of Solomon 5 1
nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all choice spices—a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon.Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its spices flow. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love!
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2 Kings 8 8
the king said to Hazael,“ Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord through him, saying,‘ Shall I recover from this sickness?’”
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Psalms 72:10
May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!
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Proverbs 17:18
One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
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1 Kings 4 21
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
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2 Kings 20 12
At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
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Genesis 33:10
Jacob said,“ No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand. For I have seen your face, which is like seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me.
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1 Kings 10 15
besides that which came from the explorers and from the business of the merchants, and from all the kings of the west and from the governors of the land.
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Genesis 43:14
May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”
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Esther 4:16
“ Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”
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Psalms 68:29
Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bear gifts to you.