Proverbs 1:28
then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, and shall not find me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
29Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:45And ye returned and wept before Jehovah, but Jehovah would not listen to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?
Psalms 18:41They cried, and there was none to save; unto Jehovah, and he answered them not.
Psalms 78:34When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after God;
Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine 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 up burnt-offering and oblation, I will not accept them: for I will consume them by sword, and by famine, and by 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 →