Proverbs 1:28

World English Bible (2000)

Then will they call on 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 on him?
  • Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but I will not listen to them.
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil."
  • Jas 4:3 : 3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
  • Zech 7:13 : 13 It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen," said Yahweh of Armies;
  • Jer 14:12 : 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, 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 wrath; my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I 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; even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.
  • Matt 7:22-23 : 22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?' 23 Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
  • Matt 25:10-12 : 10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.' 12 But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.'
  • 1 Sam 8:18 : 18 You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen you; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day."
  • Gen 6:3 : 3 Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
  • Luke 13:25-28 : 25 When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.' 26 Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.' 27 He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come 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 yourselves being thrown outside.
  • Ps 78:34-36 : 34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly. 35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer. 36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will 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 Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds. 2 After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him. 3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth." 4 "Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.

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    17 I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

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