What is persuasion ?
Dictionary
to
move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course
of action.
Joshua
15;18
It
came about that when she came to him, she persuaded him to ask
her father for a field. So she alighted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her,
“What do you want?”
Judges
1;14
Then
it came about when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask
her father for a field. Then she alighted from her donkey, and Caleb said to
her, “What do you want?”
1
Samuel 24;7
David
persuaded his men with these words and did not allow them to rise
up against Saul. And Saul arose, left the cave, and went on his way.
2
Kings 4;8
Now there came a day when Elisha passed over to Shunem,
where there was a prominent woman, and she persuaded him to eat food.
And so it was, as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat food.
Proverbs
25;15
By
forbearance a ruler may be persuaded, And a soft tongue breaks the bone.
Matthew
27;20
But
the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for
Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.
Luke
16;31
But
he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not
be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Acts
17;4
And
some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a
large number of the God-fearing Greeks and a number of the leading women.
Acts
19;26
You
see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has
persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that
gods made with hands are no gods at all.
Acts
21;14
And
since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, remarking, “The will of
the Lord be done!”
Acts
26;26
For
the king knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence,
since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for
this has not been done in a corner.
Acts
27;11
But
the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the
ship than by what was being said by Paul.