10 Bible Verses about People Unwilling

Yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

And the king was exceedingly sorry; but, because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard man,

Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go."

Then Josnt her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to put her to public shame, was resolved to divorce her quietly.

Each one must give just as he has purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; but they were not willing to come.

He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he regretted it and went.