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'Unwilling' in the Bible

The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Should I have your son go back to the land you came from?”

If the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are free from this oath to me, but don’t let my son go back there.”

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.

“If you act with hostility toward Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times for your sins.

But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up, departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). The man had his two saddled donkeys and his concubine with him.

The elders of his house stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab was unwilling to come. So he sent again, a second time, but he still wouldn’t come.

The Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah because of His servant David, since He had promised to give a lamp to David and his sons forever.

but because of the covenant the Lord had made with David, He was unwilling to destroy the house of David since the Lord had promised to give a lamp to David and to his sons forever.

“But they rebelled against Me and were unwilling to listen to Me. None of them threw away the detestable things that were before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them, exhausting My anger against them within the land of Egypt.

“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or respect man,

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him away, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

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