1Sa 8:7, Jer 25:3-4, 44:4-5, 16, Luk 10:16, 13:34, 19:14, Joh 5:40-47 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord said to Samuel , Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, ^afor they have not rejected you, ^bbut they have rejected me from being king over them.

Jeremiah 25:3-4

3 “For twenty-three years, ^cfrom the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, to this day, the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken ^dpersistently to you, ^ebut you have not listened. 4 ^fYou have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord ^gpersistently sent to you all his servants the prophets,

Jeremiah 44:4-5

4 ^hYet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’ 5 ⁱBut they did not listen ^jor incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods.

Jeremiah 44:16

16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, ^kwe will not listen to you.

Luke 10:16

16 ^l“The one who hears you hears me, and ^mthe one who rejects you rejects me, and ⁿthe one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

Luke 13:34

34 ^oO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ^pkills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! ^qHow often would I have ^rgathered ^syour children together ^tas a hen gathers her brood ^uunder her wings, and ^vyou were not willing!

Luke 19:14

14 But ^whis citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

John 5:40-47

40 yet ^xyou refuse to come to me that you may have life. 41 ^yI do not receive glory from people. 42 But ^zI know that you do not have ^aathe love of God within you. 43 I have come ^abin my Father’s name, and ^acyou do not receive me. ^adIf another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and ^aedo not seek the glory that comes from ^afthe only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, ^agon whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for ^ahhe wrote of me. 47 But ^aiif you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”