Quotes About Influence

And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his motherís brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,

And when his motherís brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”

When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.

All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.

Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.

Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.

Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”

This proposal seemed good to Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”

So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”

a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”

Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.

So men of all nations came to listen to Solomonís wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.

For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

So the elders and nobles who lived in Nabothís city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.

(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.

And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.