24 Bible Verses about People Unwilling

And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

And the servant said, If by chance the woman will not come with me into this land, am I to take your son back again to the land from which you came?

And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

And I said to my master, What if the woman will not come with me?

But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations.

But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up:

But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.

Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;

But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us go through; for the Lord your God made his spirit hard and his heart strong, so that he might give him up into your hands as at this day.

But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus (which is Jerusalem); and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman.

Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests.

So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

Truly I say to you, When you were young, you made yourself ready and went wherever you had a desire to go: but when you are old, you will put out your hands and another will make you ready, and you will be taken where you have no desire to go.

And Joseph, her husband, being an upright man, and not desiring to make her a public example, had a mind to put her away privately.

Let every man do after the purpose of his heart; not giving with grief, or by force: for God takes pleasure in a ready giver.

But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.

Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.

For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, said, In quiet and rest is your salvation: peace and hope are your strength: but you would not have it so.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!

And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.