Proverbs 18 16 rotateit i have read the bible through from end to end many times including this verse but one day it jumped out at me and as i began to study it it quickly became one of my favourites.
Bible verse your gift will make room for you.
American standard version 1901 a man s offering makes room for him letting him come before great men.
17 he that is first in his own cause seemeth just.
Mattam gift has been taken in different senses some consider it to mean a bribe offered for underhand or fraudulent purposes.
Basic english.
But the context does not lead to this conclusion and the parallel passage mentioned above makes against it.
Mattam gift has been taken in different senses some consider it to mean a bribe offered for underhand or fraudulent purposes.
16 a man s gift maketh room for him and bringeth him before great men.
However when you exercise your gift not only will the world make room for you but it will also pay you for it.
But his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
New american standard version 1995 a man s gift maketh room for him and bringeth him before great men.
A man s gift maketh room for him comp.
But the context does not lead to this conclusion and the parallel passage mentioned above makes against it.
Proverbs 18 16 18 king james version kjv.
A man s gift maketh room for him comp.
18 the lot causeth contentions to cease and parteth between the mighty.
A man s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.