Quotes about Manipulation
And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”
- 2 Samuel 13:11
But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
- 2 Samuel 13:32
Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
- 2 Samuel 15:5
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 15:6
And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
- 2 Samuel 16:16
But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
- 1 Kings 21:7
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
“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
- Esther 3:11
His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.
- Psalm 55:21
winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
- Proverbs 6:13
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
- Proverbs 7:21
He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
- Proverbs 24:8