Bible Quotes About Influence

“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”

“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. pleasant: Heb. a desire”

“Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. wept: Heb. wept a great weeping”

“Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. sent: Heb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah”

“Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.”

“He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. erreth: or, causeth to err”

“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. destroyed: Heb. broken”

“Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. him: Heb. a man of gifts”

“Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:”

“Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.”

“Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.”

“If a ruler hearken to lies , all his servants are wicked.”

“Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD. the ruler's: Heb. the face of a ruler”

“The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; point: Heb. nail”

“Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.”

“Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:”

“And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. punish: Heb. visit upon reward: Heb. cause to return”

“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.”

“Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:”

“But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.”

“Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.”

“And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? bushel: the word in the original signifieth a less measure”

“For there is nothing hid , which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad .”

“No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.”

“In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”

“He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”

“And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country. was highly: or, bare an hostile mind, intending war the king's chamberlain: Gr. that was over the king's bedchamber”

“O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?”

“Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? hinder you: or, drive you back”

“That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; harmless: or, sincere ye shine: or, shine ye”

“By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh . yet: or, is yet spoken of”

“Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; fail: or, fall from”