Manipulation
Yahweh cannot be manipulated by a person's words or actions.
"Then Balak said to Balaam, 'Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be agreeable with God that you curse them for me from there.'" Numbers 23:27
"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33