But some rebels said, "How can this man save us?" So they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

"And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of [their] thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them."

Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred [loaves] of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed, five seahs of roasted [grain,] one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded [them] on donkeys.

And their father Israel said to them, "If [it must be] so, then do this: Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and carry down a present for the man -- a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.

When David was a little past the top [of the mountain,] there was Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them two hundred [loaves] of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

And the king said to Ziba, "What do you mean to do with these?" So Ziba said, "The donkeys [are] for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine for those who are faint in the wilderness to drink."

A man's gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.