Proverbs 1:28

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then they will call me, but I won’t answer; they will search for me, but won’t find me.

Cross References

Micah 3:4

Then they will cry out  to the  Lord, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time because of the crimes they have committed.

James 4:3

You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

Zechariah 7:13

Just as he had called, and they would not listen, so when they called, I would not listen, says the Lord of Armies.

Jeremiah 11:11

‘Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape.  They will cry out to me, but I will not hear them.

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Job 27:9

Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?

Jeremiah 14:12

If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.’

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I will respond with wrath.  I will not show pity or spare them.  Though they call loudly in my hearing,  I will not listen to them.’

Job 35:12

There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil people.

1 Samuel 8:18

When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you’ve chosen for yourselves,  but the Lord won’t answer you on that day.’

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who search for me find me.

Genesis 6:3

And the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not remain  with  mankind for ever,  because they are corrupt.  , Their days will be 120 years.’

Hosea 5:15

I will depart and return to my place until they recognise their guilt and seek my face; they will search for me in their distress.

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened to my love, but my love had turned and gone away. My heart sank  because he had left. I sought him, but did not find him. I called him, but he did not answer.

Hosea 5:6

They go with their flocks and herds to seek the  Lord but do not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

Deuteronomy 1:45

When you returned, you wept before the Lord, but he didn’t listen to your requests or pay attention to you.

Amos 8:12

People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east seeking the word of the  Lord, but they will not find it.