Proverbs 1:28

Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.

Young's Literal Translation

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 your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.

29Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:45'And ye turn back and weep before Jehovah, and Jehovah hath not hearkened to your voice, nor hath he given ear unto you;

Job 27:9His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him?

Psalms 18:41They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.

Psalms 78:34If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

Isaiah 1:15And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.

Jeremiah 14:12When they fast, I hearken not unto their cry, And when they cause to ascend burnt-offering and present, I accept them not, For by sword, and by famine, And by pestilence, I am consuming 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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