Proverbs 1:28
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Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
In other translations
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Micah 3:4Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
- Jeremiah 11:11Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
- James 4:3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
- Zechariah 7:13Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Matthew 25:10-1210 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.10 But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut. 11 Later the other virgins arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!’ 12 But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’
- Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
- 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.Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”
- Psalm 18:41They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
- 1 Samuel 8:18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
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