10 Bible Verses about People Unwilling

and yet you are unwilling to come to me that you may have Life.

Then the King, though intensely sorry, yet for the sake of his oaths, and of his guests, would not break faith with her.

"For a time he would not, but afterwards he said to himself, "'Though I have neither reverence for God nor respect for man,

"In most solemn truth I tell you that whereas, when you were young, you used to put on your girdle and walk whichever way you chose, when you have grown old you will stretch out your arms and some one else will put a girdle round you and carry you where you have no wish to go."

But Joseph her husband, being a kind-hearted man and unwilling publicly to disgrace her, had determined to release her privately from the betrothal.

Let each contribute what he has decided upon in his own mind, and not do it reluctantly or under compulsion. "It is a cheerful giver that God loves."

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee! how often have I desired to gather thy children to me, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not come!

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!

and sent his servants to call the invited guests to the wedding, but they were unwilling to come.

"'I will not,' he replied. "But afterwards he was sorry, and went.