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Genesis 37:25
They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going 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 isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
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Ezekiel 27:17
“‘“ Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded wheat of Minnith, confections, honey, oil, and balm for your merchandise.
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Proverbs 18:16
A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
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1 Samuel 25 27
Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
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1 Kings 10 25
Year after year, every man brought his tribute, vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing, armor, spices, horses, and mules.
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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 it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
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Proverbs 21:14
A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
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Acts 21:14
When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying,“ The Lord’s will be done.”
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Psalms 76:11
Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
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1 Samuel 9 7
Then Saul said to his servant,“ But, behold, if we go, what should we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our sacks, and there is not a 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, the fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!
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Proverbs 19:6
Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, 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 islands were the market of your hand. They brought you horns of ivory and ebony in exchange.
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2 Kings 16 8
Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in Yahweh’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
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Genesis 32:13-21
He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him a present for Esau, his brother:two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants,“ Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”He commanded the foremost, saying,“ When Esau, my brother, meets you, and asks you, saying,‘ Whose are you? Where are you going? Whose are these before you?’Then you shall say,‘ They are your servant, Jacob’s. It is a present sent to my lord, Esau. Behold, he also is behind us.’”He commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the herds, saying,“ This is how you shall speak to Esau, when you find him.You shall say,‘ Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’” For, he said,“ I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”So the present passed over before him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp.
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Deuteronomy 33:14
for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things that the moon can yield,
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1 Kings 15 19
“ There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”
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Song of Solomon 8 14
Come away, my beloved! 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
spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree; myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams from Lebanon.Awake, north wind, and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits.I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.
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2 Kings 8 8
The king said to Hazael,“ Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Yahweh by him, saying,‘ Will I recover from this sickness?’”
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Psalms 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
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Proverbs 17:18
A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.
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1 Kings 4 21
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River 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 Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
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Genesis 33:10
Jacob said,“ Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
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1 Kings 10 15
in addition to that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.
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Genesis 43:14
May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”
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Esther 4:16
“ Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which 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 bring presents to you.