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Feed My lambs | John 21:15-17

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Prov.17.8

Proverbs 17:8

KJV

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness

Cross References

Exodus 23:8
KJV GOD
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Justice and Mercy

Proverbs 17:23
KJV
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness

Proverbs 21:14
KJV
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

The King’s Heart

Ecclesiastes 7:7
KJV
¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

The Value of Wisdom

Isaiah 1:23
KJV
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

The Corruption of Zion

Amos 5:12
KJV GOD
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

A Call to Repentance