24 Bible Verses about People Unwilling

But you are not willing to come to me to have life.

"What if the woman doesn't want to come back with me to this land?" the servant asked. "Shouldn't I have your son go to the land from which you came?"

If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you'll be free from this oath to me. Just don't take my son back there!"

"So I asked my master, "What if the woman won't come back with me?'

But he said, "I won't go with you because I'm returning to my land and to my own family."

"However, your ancestors didn't go up. Instead, they rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

But if the man does not want to marry his brother's widow, then she must go to the elders at the city gate and declare, "My husband's brother refuses to perform the duty of a brother-in-law in order to preserve the name of his brother in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law.'

Then the elders of the city are to summon him and speak with him. If he insists on saying, "I don't want to marry her,'

But King Sihon of Heshbon did not allow us to pass through, because the LORD your God had hardened his spirit and made him arrogant, in order to deliver him into your control today.

Because the man was unwilling to spend the night, he got up, left, and arrived opposite Jebus (now known as Jerusalem). He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys, along with his mistress.

The king told the guards, who were standing beside him, "Turn and kill the priests of the LORD because they supported David, and because they knew he was fleeing, but didn't inform me." But the officials of the king did not want to lift their hands to attack the priests of the LORD.

As a result, David was unwilling to take the ark of the LORD into his care in the City of David. Instead, David left it at the home of Obed-edom the Gittite.

The king was deeply saddened, yet because of his oaths and his guests he was reluctant to refuse her.

For a while the judge refused. But later, he told himself, "I don't fear God or respect people,

Jesus told him, "Feed my sheep. "Truly, I tell you emphatically, when you were young, you would fasten your belt and go wherever you liked. But when you get old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten your belt and take you where you don't want to go."

Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to disgrace her, decided to divorce her secretly.

Each of you must give what you have decided in your heart, not with regret or under compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.

But when I speak with you, I'll open your mouth so you can say to them, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "As for those who will listen, "Let them listen,' but as for those who refuse, "Let them refuse,' since they're a rebellious group."'"

A traveler arrived to visit the rich man. Because he was unwilling to take an animal from one of his own flocks or herds to prepare for the guest who had come to visit him, he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to visit him."

For this is what the LORD GOD, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest you will be saved; in staying calm and trusting will be your strength. But you refused.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you people were unwilling!

He sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the wedding, but they refused to come.

His son replied, "I don't want to,' but later he changed his mind and went.