Quotes About Persuasion

The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.

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.”

Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ëThe LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.í

I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.

Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.

With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.

Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

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.”

Then Abraham said to him, ëIf they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.í”

The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.

Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.

Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”

But contrary to Paulís advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.

I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.

Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.