Proverbs 1:28 {29}
Good News Translation
Then you will call for wisdom, but I will not answer. You may look for me everywhere, but you will not find me.

New Revised Standard Version
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but will not find me.

Contemporary English Version
You will ask for my help, but I won't listen; you will search, but you won't find me.

New American Bible
Then they will call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me, but will not find me,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,

shall they

Genesis 6:3 And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

Job 27:9 Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

Job 35:12 There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.

Psalm 18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.

Isaiah 1:15 And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.

Jeremiah 11:11 Wherefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring in evils upon them, which they shall not be able to escape: and they shall cry to me, and I will not hearken to them.

Jeremiah 14:12 When they fast I will not hear their prayers: and if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not receive them: for I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by the pestilence.

Ezekiel 8:18 Therefore I also will deal with them in my wrath: my eye shall not spare them, neither will I shew mercy: and when they shall cry to my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.

Micah 3:4 Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot.

Zechariah 7:13 And it came to pass that as he spoke, and they heard not: so shall they cry, and I will not hear, saith the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 7:22,23 Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name? . . .

Matthew 25:10-12 Now whilst they went to buy the bridegroom came: and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage. And the door was shut. . . .

Luke 13:25-28 But when the master of the house shall be gone in and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without; and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are. . . .

James 4:3 You ask and receive not: because you ask amiss, that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

they shall seek

Psalm 78:34-36 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and came to him early in the morning. . . .

Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place: until you are consumed, and seek my face.

Hosea 6:1-4 In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord. . . .

Context
Wisdom Calls Aloud
27Then shall they call upon me, and I will not hear: they shall rise in the morning, and shall not find me: 28Because they have hated instruction, and received not the fear of the Lord,29Nor consented to my counsel, but despised all my reproof.…
Cross References
James 4:3
You ask and receive not: because you ask amiss, that you may consume it on your concupiscences.

1 Samuel 8:18
And you shall cry out in that day from the face of the king, whom you have chosen to yourselves: and the Lord will not hear you in that day, because you desired unto yourselves a king.

Job 27:9
Will God hear his cry, when distress shall come upon him?

Job 35:12
There shall they cry, and he will not hear, because of the pride of evil men.

Psalm 18:41
They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.

Psalm 66:18
If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.

Proverbs 8:17
With me are riches and glory, glorious riches and justice.

Proverbs 15:29
The Lord is far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of the just.

Songs 5:6
I opened the bolt of my door to my beloved: but he had turned aside, and was gone. My soul melted when he spoke: I sought him, and found him not: I called, and he did not answer me.

Isaiah 1:15
And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.

Jeremiah 11:11
Wherefore thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring in evils upon them, which they shall not be able to escape: and they shall cry to me, and I will not hearken to them.

Jeremiah 14:12
When they fast I will not hear their prayers: and if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not receive them: for I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by the pestilence.

Ezekiel 8:18
Therefore I also will deal with them in my wrath: my eye shall not spare them, neither will I shew mercy: and when they shall cry to my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.

Hosea 5:6
With their flocks and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them.

Micah 3:4
Who have eaten the flesh of my people, and have flayed their skin off them: and have broken, and chopped their bones as for the kettle, and as flesh in the midst of the pot.

Zechariah 7:13
And it came to pass that as he spoke, and they heard not: so shall they cry, and I will not hear, saith the Lord of hosts.

Proverbs 1:27
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