Proverbs 1:28
Then they call me, and I do not answer, || They seek me earnestly, and do not find me.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
29Because that they have hated knowledge, || And have not chosen the fear of YHWH.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:45And you return and weep before YHWH, and YHWH has not listened to your voice, nor has He given ear to you;
Job 27:9[Does] God hear his cry, || When distress comes on him?
Psalms 18:41They cry, and there is no savior, || On YHWH, and He does not answer them.
Psalms 78:34If He slew them, then they sought Him, || And turned back, and earnestly sought God,
Isaiah 1:15And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide My eyes from you, || Also when you increase prayer, I do not hear, || Your hands have been full of blood.
Jeremiah 14:12When they fast, I do not listen to their cry, and when they cause burnt-offering and present to ascend, I do not accept them; for I am consuming 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 →