Bible Verses About Self-Will and Stubbornness: Refusing to hearken to the messengers of God
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And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Verses on Refusing to hearken to the messengers of God
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.