For if you refuse to release them ¹  and continue holding them, ² 

What the sluggard desires ¹  will kill him, ²  for his hands ³  refuse to work.

But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague ¹  all your territory with frogs. ² 

The violence ¹  done by the wicked ²  will drag them away because ³  they refuse to do what is right. ⁴ 

They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. ¹  They refuse to pay attention to me,” ²  says the Lord.

So the Lord said to Moses, “How long do you refuse ¹  to obey my commandments and my instructions?

She said, “I would like to ask you for just one small favor. ¹  Please don’t refuse me.” ²  He said, ³  “Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you.”

But if you refuse to surrender, the Lord has shown me a vision of what will happen. Here is what I saw:

You make us like filthy scum ¹  in the estimation ²  of the nations.

But if you refuse to release my people, I am going to bring ¹  locusts ²  into your territory ³  tomorrow.

but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

He will eat sour milk ¹  and honey, which will help him know how ²  to reject evil and choose what is right.

Why, then, do these people of Jerusalem ¹  continually turn away from me in apostasy? They hold fast to their deception. ²  They refuse to turn back to me. ³ 

Two things ¹  I ask from you; ²  do not refuse me before I die:

He said, “Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won’t refuse you.” ¹ 

But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured ¹  by the sword.” Know for certain that the Lord has spoken. ² 

So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: ‘How long do you refuse ¹  to humble yourself before me? ²  Release my people so that they may serve me!

If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, tell them that the Lord who rules over all says ¹  ‘You most certainly must drink it! ² 

Now I’d like to ask you for just one thing. Please don’t refuse me.” ¹  She said, “Go ahead and ask.” ² 

That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. ¹  You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.