Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called, and ye refused, 1 I have stretched out my yad, and no man regarded; 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
25But ye have disdained all my etza (counsel), 1 and would have none of my tokhechah (reproof); 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the malachim of Elohim, and despised His words, and derided His nevi'im, until the Chamat Hashem was aroused against His people, until there was no marpeh (remedy, healing).
Psalms 31:20Oh how great is Thy goodness, 1 which Thou hast stored up for them that fear Thee; 1 which Thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in Thee 1 before the Bnei Adam! 1
Isaiah 65:12Therefore will I destine you for the cherev, 1 and ye shall all bow down to the slaughtering place; 1 because when I called, ye did not answer; 1 when I spoke, ye did not hear; 1 but did the rah before Mine eyes, 1 and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 1
Jeremiah 7:13And now, because ye have done all these ma'asim, saith Hashem, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye paid not heed; and I called you, but ye answered not;
Zechariah 7:11But they refused to heed, 1 and stubbornly stiffened their shoulders, 1 stopped up their oznayim, that they not hear. 1
Matthew 23:37Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, the ones that kill the Neviim and stone those having been sent to you! How often have I wanted to gather your yeladim, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you were not willing!
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 →