Proverbs 1:28
Then shall they call vpon me, but I will not answere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
29Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:45And when ye came againe, ye wept before the Lord, but the Lord would not heare your voyce, nor incline his eares vnto you.
Job 27:9Will God heare his cry, when trouble commeth vpon him?
Psalms 18:41They cryed but there was none to saue them, euen vnto the Lord, but hee answered them not.
Psalms 78:34And when hee slewe them, they sought him and they returned, and sought God earely.
Isaiah 1:15And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 14:12When they fast, I will not heare their cry, and when they offer burnt offering, and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sworde, and by the famine and by the 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 →