Proverbs 1:28

Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

In Context

27When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm-wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish.

29Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:45So then ye returned and wept before Yahweh,—but Yahweh hearkened not unto your voice, nor gave ear unto you.

Job 27:9His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?

Psalms 18:41They cried out, but there was none to save, unto Yahweh, but he answered them not.

Psalms 78:34If he slew [of] them, then they sought him, Yea they turned, and did earnestly seek GOD;

Isaiah 1:15Even when ye spread forth your open palms, I hide mine eyes from you; Yea, though ye multiply prayers, I am not hearkening,—Your hands, with deeds of blood, are filled.

Jeremiah 14:12Though they fast, I am not going to hearken unto their loud cry, and Though they offer ascending-sacrifice and meal-offering, I am not going to accept them,—For with sword and with famine and with pestilence, am, I, about to consume them.

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 →

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