Proverbs 1:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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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  • Job 27:9 : 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
  • Jer 11:11 : 11 ¶ Therefore 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.
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Then 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.
  • Jas 4:3 : 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 And 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.
  • Zech 7:13 : 13 Therefore 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:
  • Jer 14:12 : 12 When 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.
  • Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, [yet] will I not hear them.
  • Job 35:12 : 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
  • Matt 7:22-23 : 22 ‹Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?› 23 ‹And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.›
  • Matt 25:10-12 : 10 ‹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.›
  • 1 Sam 8:18 : 18 And 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.
  • Gen 6:3 : 3 ¶ And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
  • Luke 13:25-28 : 25 ‹When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:› 26 ‹Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.› 27 ‹But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all› [ye] ‹workers of iniquity.› 28 ‹There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you› [yourselves] ‹thrust out.›
  • Ps 78:34-36 : 34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. 35 And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God their redeemer. 36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
  • Hos 5:15-6:4 : 15 I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. 1 ¶ Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3 Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth. 4 ¶ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:29-30
    2 verses
    82%

    29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

    30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

  • 4 Then 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.

  • Prov 1:23-25
    3 verses
    76%

    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 stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

    25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

  • 27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

  • 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find [him]; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

  • 11 ¶ Therefore 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.

  • 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find [it].

  • 27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

  • Jer 29:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

    13 And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

  • 13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

  • 41 They cried, but [there was] none to save [them: even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

  • 6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and [those] that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

  • 6 ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

  • 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

  • Job 35:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.

    13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

  • 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose [that] in which I delighted not.

  • 33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching [them], yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

  • 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].

  • 1 ¶ I am sought of [them that] asked not [for me]; I am found of [them that] sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation [that] was not called by my name.

  • 27 Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

  • 14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear [them] in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

  • 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

  • 1 ¶ Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

  • 15 I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

  • 42 They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

  • 22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

  • 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, [and] they rebel against me.

  • 12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose [that] wherein I delighted not.

  • 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

  • 13 Therefore 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:

  • 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I [am]. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

  • 19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending [them]; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

  • 13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

  • 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

  • 25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and [there shall be] none.

  • 18 And 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.

  • 21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; [but] thou saidst, I will not hear. This [hath been] thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

  • 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.

  • 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

  • 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; [yet] would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

  • 16 ¶ Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

  • 12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.

  • 14 Now he hath not directed [his] words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

  • 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.