Quotes About Negotiation

“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

Meanwhile, Shechemís father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.

But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

Then Shechem said to Dinahís father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.

Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

“We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”

When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.

But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.

But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”

Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”

Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites

And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ëPlease let us pass through your land into our own place.í

But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.

Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyoneís right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”

Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”

Then Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.”

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

So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ëAll that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.í” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.

Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.