Proverbs 1:28
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
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In Context
29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:45And all of you returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
Psalms 18:41They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Psalms 78:34When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
Isaiah 1:15And when all of you spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when all of 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 an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, 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 →