Proverbs 1:28

New International Reader's Version

“Then you will call to me. But I won’t answer. You will look for me. But you won’t find me.

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not struggle with human beings forever. They will have only 120 years to live.”

Job 27:9

God won’t listen to their cry when trouble comes on them.

Job 35:12

He doesn’t answer sinful people when they cry out to him. That’s because they are so proud.

Psalm 18:41

They cried out for help. But there was no one to save them. They called out to the Lord. But he didn’t answer them.

Psalm 18:42

I beat them as fine as dust blown by the wind. I stomped on them like mud in the streets.

Psalm 66:18

If I had enjoyed having sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord is far away from those who do wrong. But he hears the prayers of those who do right.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me. Those who look for me find me.

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened the door for my love. But he had left and was gone. My heart sank because he had left. I looked for him but didn’t find him. I called out to him, but he didn’t answer.

Isaiah 1:15

You might spread out your hands toward me when you pray. But I do not look at you. You might even offer many prayers. But I am not listening to them. Your hands are covered with the blood of the people you have murdered.

Jeremiah 11:11

So I say, ‘I will bring trouble on them. They will not be able to escape it. They will cry out to me. But I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 14:12

Even if they go without food, I will not listen to their cry for help. They might sacrifice burnt offerings and grain offerings. But I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with war, hunger and plague.”

Ezekiel 8:18

So I am angry with them. I will punish them. I will not spare them or feel sorry for them. They might even shout in my ears. But I will not listen to them.”

Hosea 5:15

I will go back to my lion’s den. I will stay there until they pay the price for their sin. Then they will turn to me. They will suffer so much that they will really want me to help them.”

Hosea 5:6

Israel will come to worship the Lord. They will bring their animals to offer as sacrifices. But they will not find him. He has turned away from them.

Amos 8:12

People will wander from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean. They will travel from north to east. They will look for a message from me. But they will not find it.

Micah 3:4

The time will come when Israel will cry out to the Lord. But he won’t answer them. In fact, he’ll turn his face away from them. They have done what is evil.

Zechariah 7:13

“When I called, they did not listen,” says the Lord. “So when they called, I would not listen.

Deuteronomy 1:45

You came back and wept in front of the Lord. But he didn’t pay any attention to your weeping. He wouldn’t listen to you.

James 4:3

When you do ask for something, you don’t receive it. That’s because you ask for the wrong reason. You want to spend your money on your sinful pleasures.

1 Samuel 8:18

When that time comes, you will cry out for help because of the king you have chosen. But the Lord won’t answer you at that time.”