Proverbs 1:28
Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning and shall not find me:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
29Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:45And the Amorrhite that dwelt in the mountains coming out, and meeting you, chased you, as bees do: and made slaughter of you from Seir as far as Horma.
Job 27:9Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?
Psalms 18:41And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
Psalms 78:34When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and came to him early in the morning.
Isaiah 1:15And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 14:12When they fast I will not hear their prayers: and if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not receive them: for I will consume them by the sword, and by 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 →