Jude 1:4

1:4 For certain men have secretly slipped in among you – men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe – ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 17:8

17:8 A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it;

in whatever he does he succeeds.

Proverbs 19:6

19:6 Many people entreat the favor of a generous person,

and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts.