Proverbs 1:28
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,
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In Context
29because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of the LORD.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:45You returned and wept before the LORD, but the LORD didn’t listen to your voice, nor turn his ear to you.
Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
Psalms 18:41They cried, but there was no one to save; even to the LORD, but he didn’t answer them.
Psalms 78:34When he killed them, then they enquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 14:12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, 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 →