Proverbs 1:28

The Scriptures 1998

“Let them then call on me, but I answer not; Let them seek me, but not find me.

Cross References

Micah 3:4

Therefore, when they cry to יהוה  He does not answer them, and hides His face from them at that time, as they have made their deeds evil.

James 4:3

You ask and do not receive, because you ask evilly, in order to spend it on your pleasures.

Zechariah 7:13

“And it came to be: as He called and they did not hear, so let them call, but I shall not hear,” said יהוה  of hosts.

Jeremiah 11:11

Therefore thus said יהוה, “See, I am bringing evil on them which they are unable to escape. Then they shall cry out to Me, but I shall not listen to them.

Isaiah 1:15

“And when you spread out your hands, I hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I do not hear. Your hands have become filled with blood.

Job 27:9

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Jeremiah 14:12

“When they fast, I do not hear their cry. And when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I do not accept them. Instead, I am consuming them by sword, and by scarcity of food, and by pestilence.”

Psalm 18:41

They cry – but no one is there to save, To יהוה  – but He answers them not.

Ezekiel 8:18

“Therefore I shall indeed deal in wrath. My eye shall not pardon nor would I spare. And they shall cry in My ears with a loud voice, but I shall not hear them.”

Job 35:12

There they cry, but He answers not, because of the pride of evil ones.

1 Samuel 8:18

“And you shall cry out in that day because of your sovereign whom you have chosen for yourselves, but יהוה  is not going to answer you in that day.”

Proverbs 8:17

“I love those who love me, And those who earnestly seek me do find me.

Genesis 6:3

And יהוה  said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever in his going astray. He is flesh, and his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

Hosea 5:15

“I shall go, I shall return to My place, until they confess their guilt and seek My face, in their distress diligently search for Me, and say,

Psalm 66:18

If I have seen wickedness in my heart, יהוה  would not hear.

Proverbs 15:29

יהוה  is far from the wrong ones, But He hears the prayer of the righteous.

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened for my beloved, But my beloved had turned away, had gone. My being went out when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

Hosea 5:6

“With their flocks and herds they go to seek יהוה, but do not find Him – He has withdrawn from them.

Deuteronomy 1:45

“And you returned and wept before יהוה, but יהוה  would not listen to your voice nor give ear to you.

Psalm 18:42

And I beat them as dust before the wind; I empty them out like dirt in the streets.

Amos 8:12

“And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east – they shall diligently search, seeking the Word of יהוה, but they shall not find it.