Proverbs 18:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

A man’s gift. — Judicious liberality “maketh room for him,” helps him to make his way through life. (Comp. Luke 16:9, and the advice there given so to use temporal riches as to gain those of heaven.)

Proverbs 18:16

16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.