Proverbs 1:28

Modern English Version

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me,

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

The Lord said, “My Spirit will not always strive with man, for he is flesh; yet his days will be one hundred and twenty years.”

Job 27:9

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

Job 35:12

There they cry out, but He does not answer because of the pride of evil men.

Psalm 18:41

They cried for help, but there was no one to save them; they cried to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

Psalm 18:42

Then I beat them fine, like dust before the wind; I cast them out like dirt in the streets.

Psalm 66:18

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me;

Proverbs 15:29

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

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened to my lover, but my beloved had turned away and was gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I searched for him, but I did not find him; I called out to him, but he did not answer me.

Isaiah 1:15

When you reach out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; even when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus says the Lord, behold, I will bring calamity upon them which they will not be able to escape. And though they cry to Me, I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 14:12

When they fast, I will not hear their cry. And when they offer a burnt offering and a grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I will indeed deal in fury. My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity. And though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them.”

Hosea 5:15

I will again return to My place until they acknowledge their offense and seek My face. In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

Hosea 5:6

With their flocks and their herds they will go to seek the Lord, but they will not find Him. He has withdrawn from them.

Amos 8:12

They will wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.

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 they have wrought evil deeds.

Zechariah 7:13

Therefore it happened that as I called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, says the Lord of Hosts.

Deuteronomy 1:45

Then you returned and wept before the Lord, but the Lord would neither listen to your voice nor give ear to you.

James 4:3

You ask, and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your passions.

1 Samuel 8:18

And you will cry out in that day because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”