What
is insist?
Persisting
in and requiring or demanding.
Dictionary
to
be emphatic, firm, or resolute about something intended, demanded, or required.
They
insist on going.
To
maintain in a persistent or positive manner insisted that the story was true.
Genesis
42;12
“No,”
he insisted, “but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
2
Samuel 24;24
But
the king said to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you! I will
not offer to the Lord my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.” So David
bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.
1
Kings 11;11
So
the Lord said to Solomon, “Because you insist on doing these things and
have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom
away from you and give it to your servant.
2
Kings 2;17
But
they were so insistent that he became embarrassed. So he said, “Send
them out.” They sent the fifty men out, and they looked for three days, but
could not find Elijah.
2
Kings 4;8
[ Elisha
Gives Life to a Boy ] One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent
woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. So whenever he was
passing through, he would stop in there for a meal.
2
Kings 5;16
But
Elisha replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives (whom I serve), I will take
nothing from you.” Naaman insisted that he take it, but he refused.
2
Kings 5;23
Naaman
said, “Please accept two talents of silver.” He insisted, and tied up
two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave
them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi.
1
Chronicles 21;24
King
David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. I will
not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice that cost
me nothing.
Isaiah
1;5
Why
do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head
has a massive wound, your whole heart is sick.
Matthew
27;23
He
asked, “Why? What wrong has he done?” But they shouted more insistently,
“Crucify him!”
Mark
14;31
But
Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I must die with you, I will never
deny you.” And all of them said the same thing.
Mark
15;14
Pilate
asked them, “Why? What has he done wrong?” But they shouted more insistently,
“Crucify him!”
Luke
22;59
And
after about an hour still another insisted, “Certainly this man was with
him, because he too is a Galilean.”
Luke
23;23
But
they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified.
And their shouts prevailed.
John
9;9
Some
people said, “This is the man!” while others said, “No, but he looks like him.”
The man himself kept insisting, “I am the one!”
Acts
12;15
But
they said to her, “You’ve lost your mind!” But she kept insisting that
it was Peter, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!”
Acts
15;38
but
Paul insisted that they should not take along this one who had left them
in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
Ephesians
4;17
[ Live
in Holiness ] So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no
longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
1
Thessalonians 2;12
exhorting
and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God
who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.
1
Timothy 1;7
They
want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying
or the things they insist on so confidently.
Titus
3;8
[ Summary
of the Letter ] This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist
on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent
on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.