Proverbs 1:24

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

However, because I called but you refused to listen, because I stretched out my hand but no one was paying attention,

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  • Isa 65:12 : 12 I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me.”
  • Isa 66:4 : 4 So I will choose severe punishment for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; they chose to do what displeases me.”
  • Jer 7:13 : 13 You also have done all these things, says the LORD, and I have spoken to you over and over again. But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent!
  • Rom 10:21 : 21 But about Israel he says,“All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!”
  • Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
  • Zech 7:11-12 : 11 “But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear. 12 Indeed, they made their hearts as hard as diamond, so that they could not obey the Torah and the other words the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had poured out great wrath.
  • Matt 22:5-6 : 5 But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. 6 The rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.
  • Matt 23:37-38 : 37 Judgment on Israel“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it! 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate!
  • Acts 4:30 : 30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
  • Heb 12:25-26 : 25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven? 26 Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised,“I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too.”
  • Ps 31:20 : 20 You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men; you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks.
  • Isa 50:2 : 2 Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:25
    87%

    25and you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,

  • Prov 1:23
    80%

    23You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.

  • Jer 7:13
    78%

    13You also have done all these things, says the LORD, and I have spoken to you over and over again. But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent!

  • Prov 1:28-30
    3 verses
    77%

    28Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.

    29Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD,

    30they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

  • Jer 35:17
    75%

    17So I, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, say:“I will soon bring on Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem all the disaster that I threatened to bring on them. I will do this because I spoke to them but they did not listen. I called out to them but they did not answer.”’”

  • Jer 22:21
    74%

    21While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. But you said,“I refuse to listen to you.” That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.

  • Isa 65:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly“I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said,‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name.

    2I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.

  • Job 34:27
    74%

    27because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways,

  • Jer 29:19
    73%

    19For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,’ says the LORD.‘And you exiles have not paid any attention to them either,’ says the LORD.

  • Jer 25:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7So, now the LORD says,‘You have not listened to me. But you have made me angry by the things that you have done. Thus you have brought harm on yourselves.’

    8“Therefore, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘You have not listened to what I said.

  • Prov 5:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12And you will say,“How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

    13For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors.

  • Isa 50:2
    73%

    2Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

  • Isa 65:12
    73%

    12I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me.”

  • Ps 81:11
    73%

    11But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me.

  • Job 30:20
    73%

    20I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

  • Jer 15:6
    72%

    6I, the LORD, say:‘You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.’ So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!”

  • Jer 9:13
    72%

    13The LORD answered,“This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.

  • Jer 7:27
    72%

    27Then the LORD said to me,“When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.

  • Jer 26:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Tell them that the LORD says,‘You must obey me! You must live according to the way I have instructed you in my laws.

    5You must pay attention to the exhortations of my servants the prophets. I have sent them to you over and over again. But you have not paid any attention to them.

  • Rom 10:21
    71%

    21But about Israel he says,“All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!”

  • Prov 8:4
    71%

    4“To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind.

  • Jer 35:15
    70%

    15I sent all my servants the prophets to warn you over and over again. They said,“Every one of you, stop doing the evil things you have been doing and do what is right. Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship them. Then you can continue to live in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors.” But you did not pay any attention or listen to me.

  • Ps 17:6
    70%

    6I call to you for you will answer me, O God. Listen to me! Hear what I say!

  • Isa 66:4
    70%

    4So I will choose severe punishment for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; they chose to do what displeases me.”

  • Jer 2:29
    70%

    29“Why do you try to refute me? All of you have rebelled against me,” says the LORD.

  • Zech 7:13
    70%

    13“‘It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,’ the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had said.

  • Ps 50:17
    70%

    17For you hate instruction and reject my words.

  • Job 19:16
    70%

    16I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth.

  • Jer 5:21
    70%

    21Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

  • Job 5:1
    70%

    1“Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

  • Job 19:7
    70%

    7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • Jer 32:33
    70%

    33They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction.

  • Jer 6:17
    70%

    17The LORD said,“I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, saying:‘Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!’” But they said,“We will not pay attention!”

  • Isa 43:22
    69%

    22The Lord Rebukes His People“But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.

  • Jer 6:19
    69%

    19Hear this, you peoples of the earth:‘Take note! I am about to bring disaster on these people. It will come as punishment for their scheming. For they have paid no attention to what I have said, and they have rejected my law.

  • Job 13:22
    69%

    22Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

  • Jer 6:10
    69%

    10I answered,“Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, the LORD’s message is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.

  • Ps 38:14
    69%

    14I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.

  • Hos 4:6
    69%

    6You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.

  • Isa 64:7
    69%

    7No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.

  • Jer 11:11
    69%

    11So I, the LORD, say this:‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

  • Hag 2:17
    69%

    17I struck all the products of your labor with blight, disease, and hail, and yet you brought nothing to me,’ says the LORD.

  • Jer 2:31
    69%

    31You people of this generation, listen to the LORD’s message.“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’

  • Zech 7:11
    69%

    11“But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.