100 Bible Verses About Influence

And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.

The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:

And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken?

And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth–maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand.

The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.

And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.

And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.

But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee.

And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.

And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.

And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.

They feared the Lord, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.

Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

And Solomon went to Hamath–zobah, and prevailed against it.

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.

And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;

That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it.

And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.

For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.