Proverbs 1:28
Then will they call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
29For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:45And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.
Job 27:9Will God hear his cry, when distress cometh upon him?
Psalms 18:41(18:42) They cry, but there is none to help; unto the Lord,—but he answereth them not.
Psalms 78:34When he slew them, then did they seek him, and they returned and inquired earnestly after God.
Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will withdraw my eyes from you; yea, when ye make ever so many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 14:12When they fast, I will not hear their entreaty: and when they offer burnt-offering and meat-offering, I will not receive them in favor; but by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence, will I make an end of them.
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 →