15 Bible Verses about Convincing

And He having done so many miracles in their presence, they were not believing on Him, in order that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? Wherefore were they not able to believe, because Isaiah again said,read more.
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; in order that they may not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and turn, and I shall heal them.

Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled unto them, saying, By hearing ye shall hear, and may not understand; and seeing you shall see, and may not perceive. Because the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard heavily with their ears, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I shall heal them.

And when they were alone, and those around Him along with the twelve asked Him the parable. And He said to them, To you it has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them who are without, all things are in parables: in order that seeing they may see, and not know; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest they may turn, and their sins may he forgiven unto them.

And He said; To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables; in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

Then certain ones of Jerusalemites were saying, Is not this He whom they wished to kill? And behold He speaks publicly, and they say nothing to Him. Whether do the rulers truly know that He is the Christ? But we know Him whence He is: but when Christ may come, no one knows whence He is.read more.
Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, You indeed know me, and know whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but the one sending me is true, whom you do not know. I know Him, because I am with Him, and He sent me. Then they were seeking to arrest Him: and no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. And many from the multitude believed on Him; and continued to say, When Christ may come, will He do more miracles than this one is doing? The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him; and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers, that they should arrest Him. Then Jesus said, Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to Him that sent me. You will seek me, and will not find me: and where I am, you are not able to come. Then the Jews said to themselves, Where is He about to go, that we shall not find Him? is He about to go into the Dispersion of the Greek, and teach the Greeks? What is this word which He said, You shall seek me, and not find me: and where I am, you are not able to come? And on the last great day of the feast, Jesus stood and continued to cry out, saying, If any one thirst, let him come and drink. The one believing on me, as the Scripture said, out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water. And He spoke this concerning the Spirit, whom those believing on Him were about to receive: for the Spirit was not yet; because Jesus was not yet glorified. Then those hearing these words from the multitude, were saying, This is truly the prophet; others were saying, He is the Christ; others were saying, For whether does Christ come out of Galilee? Did not the Scripture say, that Christ comes from the seed of David and from the village of Bethlehem, where David was? Then there was a schism in the crowd on account of Him:

And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go towards the south unto the way going down from Jerusalem to Gaza; the same is desert. And rising up, he departed. And, behold, an Ethiopian man, a eunuch, an officer of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury, had been to Jerusalem to worship, and was returning, and sitting upon his chariot he was reading the prophet Isaiah.read more.
And the Spirit said to Philip, Go, and join yourself to that chariot. And Philip running forth, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said; Whether do you understand what you are reading? And he said, How could I, unless some one shall guide me? And he called upon Philip coming up, to sit with him; and the place of the scripture which he was reading was this, He was led like a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb before the one shearing him is dumb, so he opens not his mouth. In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare His generation? because his life is taken from the earth. And the eunuch responding to Philip, said, I pray thee, concerning whom does the prophet speak this? concerning himself, or some other man? Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from the same scripture, preached Jesus to him. And while they were journeying along the road, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch says, Behold water; what doth hinder me from being baptized? OMITTED TEXT And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they both came down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

For I am persuaded that, neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For the love of Christ constrains us; having judged this, that one died for all; then were all dead; and he died for all, in order that those living may not live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and is risen.

on account of which cause I indeed suffer these things: but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to stand guard over that which is committed unto me unto that day.

And he spoke in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.

And according to custom to Paul, he came in unto them, and for three Sabbaths he expounded unto them from the scriptures, opening and proving, that it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead, and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is the Christ. And certain ones of them were persuaded, and identified themselves with Paul and Silas, and of the pious Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

And having come into the synagogue, he preached boldly three months, expounding and persuading them as to the things concerning the kingdom of God.

And Agrippa said to Paul, With little persuasion thou dost persuade thyself to make me a Christian. And Paul said, I would to God, that both in little and in much, not only you, but also all of those hearing me this day, were such as I am, except these bonds.

And having appointed a day with him, many came to him into his hired house, to whom witnessing he expounded the kingdom of God, indeed persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses, and the prophets, from morning unto evening. And some of them indeed believed the things spoken, but others continued to doubt;

Therefore knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men; but we have been made manifest unto God; and I hope that we have indeed been made manifest in your consciences.