Proverbs 1:28

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

Then the Lord said: My spirit shall not remain in human beings forever, because they are only flesh. Their days shall comprise one hundred and twenty years.

Job 27:9

Will God then listen to his cry when distress comes upon him,

Job 35:12

Though thus they cry out, he does not answer because of the pride of the wicked.

Psalm 18:41

You made my foes expose their necks to me; those who hated me I silenced.

Psalm 18:42

They cried for help, but no one saved them; cried to the Lord but received no answer.

Psalm 66:18

Had I cherished evil in my heart, the Lord would not have heard.

Proverbs 15:29

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

Proverbs 8:17

Those who love me I also love, and those who seek me find me.

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened for my lover— but my lover had turned and gone! At his leaving, my soul sank. I sought him, but I did not find him; I called out after him, but he did not answer me.

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands, I will close my eyes to you; Though you pray the more, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood!

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore, thus says the Lord: See, I am bringing upon them a disaster they cannot escape. Though they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 14:12

If they fast, I will not listen to their supplication. If they sacrifice burnt offerings or grain offerings, I will take no pleasure in them. Rather, I will destroy them with the sword, famine, and plague.

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I in turn will act furiously: my eye will not spare, nor will I take pity. Even if they cry out in a loud voice for me to hear, I shall not listen to them.

Hosea 5:15

I will go back to my place until they make reparation and seek my presence. In their affliction, they shall look for me.

Hosea 5:6

With their flocks and herds they will go to seek the Lord, but will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

Amos 8:12

They shall stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east In search of the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.

Micah 3:4

When they cry to the Lord, he will not answer them; He will hide his face from them at that time, because of the evil they have done.

Zechariah 7:13

Just as when I called out and they did not listen, so they will call out and I will not listen, says the Lord of hosts.

Deuteronomy 1:45

On your return you wept before the Lord, but the Lord did not listen to your voice or give ear to you.

James 4:3

You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

1 Samuel 8:18

On that day you will cry out because of the king whom you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you on that day.” Persistent Demand.