מָאֵן H3985

Genesis 37:35 · KJV

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Genesis 39:8 · KJV

But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

Genesis 48:19 · KJV

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Exodus 4:23 · KJV

And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

Exodus 7:14 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.

Exodus 10:3 · KJV

And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

Exodus 16:28 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

Exodus 22:17 · KJV

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

Numbers 20:21 · KJV

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

Numbers 22:13 · KJV

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

Numbers 22:14 · KJV

And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

Deuteronomy 25:7 · KJV

And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.

1 Samuel 8:19 · KJV

Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;

1 Samuel 28:23 · KJV

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

2 Samuel 2:23 · KJV

Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

2 Samuel 13:9 · KJV

And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.

1 Kings 20:35 · KJV

And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

1 Kings 21:15 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

2 Kings 5:16 · KJV

But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

Nehemiah 9:17 · KJV

And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

Esther 1:12 · KJV

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

Job 6:7 · KJV

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

Psalm 77:2 · KJV

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

Psalm 78:10 · KJV

They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

Proverbs 1:24 · KJV

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

Proverbs 21:7 · KJV

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

Proverbs 21:25 · KJV

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Isaiah 1:20 · KJV

But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Jeremiah 3:3 · KJV

Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 5:3 · KJV

O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Jeremiah 8:5 · KJV

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 9:6 · KJV

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 11:10 · KJV

They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

Jeremiah 15:18 · KJV

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

Jeremiah 25:28 · KJV

And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.

Jeremiah 31:15 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

Jeremiah 50:33 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.

Hosea 11:5 · KJV

He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

Zechariah 7:11 · KJV

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.