Proverbs 1:24
“Because I have called, and ye have refused,—Because I have stretched out my hand, and no one hath regarded.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
In Context
23Turn ye at my reproof! Behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make known my words to you!
25Because ye have rejected all my counsel, And have slighted my rebuke,—
Cross References
Psalms 31:20Thou hidest them in the secret place of thy presence from the machinations of men; Thou shelterest them in thy pavilion from the violence of tongues.
Isaiah 65:12Yourselves do I destine to the sword, And all of you shall bow down before the slaughter; Because I called, and ye answered not, I spake, and ye would not hear, But did that which is evil in my sight, And chose that in which I had no delight.
Jeremiah 7:13And now because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, And I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, But ye hearkened not, And I have called to you, But ye answered not,
Zechariah 7:11But they refused to hearken, and showed a refractory shoulder, and made their ears dull, that they might not hear;
Matthew 23:37Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
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 →