Gen 37:35 All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
Gen 39:8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge.
Gen 48:19 But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
Exo 4:23 and I say to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me.” If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’”
Exo 7:14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.
Exo 10:3 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exo 16:28 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
Exo 22:17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the bride-price for virgins.
Num 20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.
Num 22:13 So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
Num 22:14 So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
Deu 25:7 And if the man does not wish to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, ‘My husband’s brother refuses to perpetuate his brother’s name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.’
1Sa 8:19 But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us,
1Sa 28:23 He refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, urged him, and he listened to their words. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.
2Sa 2:23 But he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the butt of his spear, so that the spear came out at his back. And he fell there and died where he was. And all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stood still.
2Sa 13:9 And she took the pan and emptied it out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “Send out everyone from me.” So everyone went out from him.
1Ki 20:35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow at the command of the Lord, “Strike me, please.” But the man refused to strike him.
1Ki 21:15 As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money, for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”
2Ki 5:16 But he said, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.
Neh 9:17 They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.
Est 1:12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him.
Job 6:7 My appetite refuses to touch them;
they are as food that is loathsome to me.
they are as food that is loathsome to me.
Psa 77:2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.
Psa 78:10 They did not keep God’s covenant,
but refused to walk according to his law.
but refused to walk according to his law.
Pro 1:24 Because I have called and you refused to listen,
have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
Pro 21:7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,
because they refuse to do what is just.
because they refuse to do what is just.
Pro 21:25 The desire of the sluggard kills him,
for his hands refuse to labor.
for his hands refuse to labor.
Isa 1:20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
you shall be eaten by the sword;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Jer 3:3 Therefore the showers have been withheld,
and the spring rain has not come;
yet you have the forehead of a whore;
you refuse to be ashamed.
and the spring rain has not come;
yet you have the forehead of a whore;
you refuse to be ashamed.
Jer 5:3 O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
You have struck them down,
but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
but they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
they have refused to repent.
You have struck them down,
but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
but they refused to take correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
they have refused to repent.
Jer 8:5 Why then has this people turned away
in perpetual backsliding?
They hold fast to deceit;
they refuse to return.
in perpetual backsliding?
They hold fast to deceit;
they refuse to return.
Jer 9:6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
Jer 11:10 They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words. They have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant that I made with their fathers.
Jer 15:18 Why is my pain unceasing,
my wound incurable,
refusing to be healed?
Will you be to me like a deceitful brook,
like waters that fail?
my wound incurable,
refusing to be healed?
Will you be to me like a deceitful brook,
like waters that fail?
Jer 25:28 “And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: You must drink!
Jer 31:15 Thus says the Lord:
“A voice is heard in Ramah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
because they are no more.”
“A voice is heard in Ramah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
because they are no more.”
Jer 50:33 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; they refuse to let them go.
Hos 11:5 They shall not return to the land of Egypt,
but Assyria shall be their king,
because they have refused to return to me.
but Assyria shall be their king,
because they have refused to return to me.
Zec 7:11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.
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