Proverbs 1:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

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  • Job 27:9 : 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?
  • Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Then they shall cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have done evil in their deeds.
  • Jas 4:3 : 3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, that you may spend it on your desires.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Zech 7:13 : 13 Therefore it has come to pass, that just as He called and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, says the LORD of hosts:
  • Jer 14:12 : 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
  • Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore I will also deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
  • Job 35:12 : 12 There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.
  • Ps 18:41 : 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
  • Matt 7:22-23 : 22 Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and cast out devils in your name, and done many wonderful works in your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice iniquity.'
  • Matt 25:10-12 : 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.
  • 1 Sam 8:18 : 18 And you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
  • Gen 6:3 : 3 And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.
  • Luke 13:25-28 : 25 When once the master of the house has arisen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us; and he will answer and say to you, I do not know you, where you are from: 26 Then you will begin to say, We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets. 27 But he will say, I tell you, I do not know you, where you are from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, 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 sought diligently 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 those who love me; and those who seek me early shall find me.
  • Hos 5:15-6:4 : 15 I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly. 1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days he will revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his presence. 3 Then shall we know, if we pursue to know the LORD: his coming is as certain as the morning; and he will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth. 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is like a morning cloud, and as the early dew it vanishes.

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    4Then they shall cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have done evil in their deeds.

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    27Therefore you shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.

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    13And now, because you have done all these works, says the LORD, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not listen; and I called you, but you did not answer;

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    6Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.

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    17I love those who love me; and those who seek me early shall find me.

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

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    20I cry to You, and You do not hear me: I stand up, and You regard me not.

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    27Because they turned back from Him and would not consider any of His ways.

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    25Destruction comes; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

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