Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
29because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:45And ye returned and wept before LORD, but LORD did not hearken to your voice, nor gave ear to you.
Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
Psalms 18:41They cried, but there was none to save, even to LORD, but he answered them not.
Psalms 78:34When he killed them, then they inquired after him, and they returned and sought God earnestly.
Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 14:12When they fast, I will not hear their cry. And when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:21-33
Wisdom's Exhortations; Doom of Obdurate Sinners. 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have… Read the whole commentary →