Proverbs 1:28

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

Genesis 6:3

Then the Lord said, “My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, but his days shall be a 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 none to save, they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.

Psalm 18:42

I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets.

Psalm 66:18

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

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 find me.

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore, thus says the Lord, Behold, I am bringing evil upon them which they cannot escape; though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.

Jeremiah 14:12

Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and cereal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.”

Ezekiel 8:18

Therefore I will deal in wrath; my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”

Hosea 5:15

I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress they seek me, saying,

Hosea 5:6

With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

Amos 8:12

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

Micah 3:4

Then they will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.

Zechariah 7:13

“As I called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear,” says the Lord of hosts,

Deuteronomy 1:45

And you returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord did not hearken to your voice or give ear to you.

James 4:3

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

1 Samuel 8:18

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