Proverbs 1:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 65:12 : 12 Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.
  • Isa 66:4 : 4 So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure.
  • Jer 7:13 : 13 And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I sent my word to you, getting up early and sending, but you did not give ear; and my voice came to you, but you gave no answer:
  • Rom 10:21 : 21 But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.
  • Ezek 8:18 : 18 For this reason I will let loose my wrath: my eye will not have mercy, and I will have no pity.
  • Zech 7:11-12 : 11 But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing; 12 And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies.
  • Matt 22:5-6 : 5 But they gave no attention, and went about their business, one to his farm, another to his trade: 6 And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.
  • Matt 23:37-38 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not! 38 See, your house is made waste.
  • Acts 4:30 : 30 While your hand is stretched out to do works of mercy; so that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.
  • Heb 12:25-26 : 25 See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven? 26 Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.
  • Ps 31:20 : 20 You will keep them safe in your house from the designs of man; in the secret of your tent will you keep them from angry tongues.
  • Isa 50:2 : 2 Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:25
    87%

    25 You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:

  • Prov 1:23
    80%

    23 Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.

  • Jer 7:13
    78%

    13 And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I sent my word to you, getting up early and sending, but you did not give ear; and my voice came to you, but you gave no answer:

  • Prov 1:28-30
    3 verses
    77%

    28 Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

    29 For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

    30 They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

  • Jer 35:17
    75%

    17 For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, I will send on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem all the evil which I said I would do to them: because I sent my words to them, but they did not give ear; crying out to them, but they gave no answer.

  • Jer 22:21
    74%

    21 My word came to you in the time of your well-being; but you said, I will not give ear. This has been your way from your earliest years, you did not give attention to my voice.

  • Isa 65:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

    2 All day my hands have been stretched out to an uncontrolled people, who go in an evil way, after the purposes of their hearts;

  • Job 34:27
    74%

    27 Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,

  • Jer 29:19
    73%

    19 Because they have not given ear to my words, says the Lord, when I sent to them my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them; but you did not give ear, says the Lord.

  • Jer 25:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 But you have not given ear to me, says the Lord; so that you have made me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.

    8 So this is what the Lord of armies has said: Because you have not given ear to my words,

  • Prov 5:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

    13 I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!

  • Isa 50:2
    73%

    2 Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.

  • Isa 65:12
    73%

    12 Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.

  • Ps 81:11
    73%

    11 But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

  • Job 30:20
    73%

    20 You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.

  • Jer 15:6
    72%

    6 You have given me up, says the Lord, you have gone back: so my hand is stretched out against you for your destruction; I am tired of changing my purpose.

  • Jer 9:13
    72%

    13 And the Lord said, Because they have given up my law which I put before them, giving no attention to my voice and not being guided by it;

  • Jer 7:27
    72%

    27 And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.

  • Jer 26:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: If you do not give ear to me and go in the way of my law which I have put before you,

    5 And give ear to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, getting up early and sending them, though you gave no attention;

  • Rom 10:21
    71%

    21 But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.

  • Prov 8:4
    71%

    4 I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men.

  • Jer 35:15
    70%

    15 And I have sent you all my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them, saying, Come back, now, every man from his evil way, and do better, and go not after other gods to become their servants, and you will go on living in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but your ears have not been open, and you have not given attention to me.

  • Ps 17:6
    70%

    6 My cry has gone up to you, for you will give me an answer, O God: let your ear be turned to me, and give attention to my words.

  • Isa 66:4
    70%

    4 So I will go after trouble for them, and will send on them what they are fearing: because no one made answer to my voice, or gave ear to my word; but they did what was evil in my eyes, going after that in which I took no pleasure.

  • Jer 2:29
    70%

    29 Why will you put forward your cause against me? You have all done evil against me, says the Lord.

  • Zech 7:13
    70%

    13 And it came about that as they would not give ear to his voice, so I would not give ear to their voice, says the Lord of armies:

  • Ps 50:17
    70%

    17 Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.

  • Job 19:16
    70%

    16 At my cry my servant gives me no answer, and I have to make a prayer to him.

  • Jer 5:21
    70%

    21 Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

  • Job 5:1
    70%

    1 Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?

  • Job 19:7
    70%

    7 Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

  • Jer 32:33
    70%

    33 And they have been turning their backs and not their faces to me: and though I was their teacher, getting up early and teaching them, their ears were not open to teaching.

  • Jer 6:17
    70%

    17 And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.

  • Isa 43:22
    69%

    22 But you have made no prayer to me, O Jacob: and you have given no thought to me, O Israel.

  • Jer 6:19
    69%

    19 Give ear, O earth: see, I will make evil come on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not given attention to my words, and they would have nothing to do with my law.

  • Job 13:22
    69%

    22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

  • Jer 6:10
    69%

    10 To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

  • Ps 38:14
    69%

    14 So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.

  • Hos 4:6
    69%

    6 Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.

  • Isa 64:7
    69%

    7 But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand.

  • Jer 11:11
    69%

    11 So the Lord has said, I will send evil on them, which they will not be able to get away from; and they will send up a cry for help to me, but I will not give ear to them.

  • Hag 2:17
    69%

    17 And I sent burning and wasting and a rain of ice-drops on all the works of your hands; but still you were not turned to me, says the Lord.

  • Jer 2:31
    69%

    31 O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?

  • Zech 7:11
    69%

    11 But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;