10 Bible Verses about People Unwilling

but you refuse to come to me to get possession of life.

The king, although exceedingly sorry, yet on account of his oath and his guests, did not like to refuse her,

And he would not for a time, but afterward he said to himself, Though I have no reverence for God nor respect for men,

I most solemnly say to you, when you were young, you used to put on your own belt and go where you pleased, but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will put a belt on you and you will go where you do not please to go."

But her husband, Joseph, because he was an upright man and did not want to disgrace her, decided to break the engagement by secretly divorcing her.

Each must give what he has purposed in his heart to give, not sorrowfully or under compulsion, for it is the happy giver that God loves.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! The city that has kept on murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you refused!

"O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! The city that continues to murder the prophets, and to stone those who are sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings. But you refused!

And he sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the wedding reception, but they refused to come.

And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.