Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call upon me, and I will not answer; 1 they will desperately call for me, but they will not find me. 1
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29Because they hate knowledge 1 and did not choose the fear of Yahweh, 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:45You returned and wept before Yahweh; but Yahweh did not listen to your voice, nor did he pay attention to you.
Job 27:9Will God hear his cry 1 when trouble comes upon him? 1
Psalms 18:41They called for help, but no one saved them; they called out to Yahweh, but he did not answer them. 1
Psalms 78:34Whenever God afflicted them, they would start to seek him, 1 and they would return and look earnestly for him. 1
Isaiah 1:15So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; 1 even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen; 1 your hands are full of blood. 1
Jeremiah 14:12For if they fast, I will not listen to their wailing, and if they offer up burnt offerings and food offerings, I will not take pleasure in them. For I will put an end to them by sword, famine, and plague.”
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 →