Quotes about Influence
He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
— 1 Kings 12:9
So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
— 1 Kings 21:11
(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
— 1 Kings 21:25
And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
— 1 Kings 22:20
He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.
— 2 Kings 21:21
and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.
— 1 Chronicles 5:6
These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families.
— 1 Chronicles 5:24
And David’s fame went out into every land, and the LORD caused all nations to fear him.
— 1 Chronicles 14:17
They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
— 2 Chronicles 10:7
But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
— 2 Chronicles 10:8
Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
— 2 Chronicles 22:3
After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.
— 2 Chronicles 24:17