Bible Verses About Self-Will and Stubbornness: Refusing to hearken to the messengers of God

But the people would not hear the voice of Samuel, and they said, Nay: but there shall be a king over us,

As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee:

But they would not hearken, and they turned away the shoulder to depart: and they stopped their ears, not to hear.