Proverbs 1:28 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁸ Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; They shall seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; They shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ Then will they call upon me [Wisdom] but I will not answer; they will seek me early and diligently but they will not find me. [Job 27:9; 35:12, 13; Isa. 1:15, 16; Jer. 11:11; Mic. 3:4; James 4:3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

Common English Bible

²⁸ Then they will call me, but I won’t answer; they will seek me, but won’t find me

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ then they will call to me, and I will not heed, they will arise in the morning, and not find me.

Proverbs 1:28 Cross References

Micah 3:4

Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not answer them: yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.

James 4:3

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.

Zechariah 7:13

And it came to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear; so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said the LORD of hosts;

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry unto me, but I will not hearken unto them.

Isaiah 1:15

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.

Job 27:9

Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

Jeremiah 14:12

When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

Psalm 18:41

They cried, but there was none to save: Even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

Ezekiel 8:18

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

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

1 Samuel 8:18

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not answer you in that day.

Proverbs 8:17

I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

Genesis 6:3

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be an hundred and twenty years.

Hosea 5:15

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

Psalm 66:18

If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear:

Proverbs 15:29

The LORD is far from the wicked: But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

Hosea 5:6

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.

Deuteronomy 1:45

And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.

Psalm 18:42

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

Amos 8:12

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.