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Proverbs 1:28

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

KJV

tunc invocabunt me, et non exaudiam ; mane consurgent, et non invenient me :

Vulgate

ἔσται γὰρ ὅταν ἐπικαλέσησθέ με, ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι ὑμῶν· ζητήσουσίν με κακοί, καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσουσιν.

LXX

Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

ASV

אָ֣ז יִ֭קְרָאֻ/נְנִי וְ/לֹ֣א אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה יְ֝שַׁחֲרֻ֗/נְנִי וְ/לֹ֣א יִמְצָאֻֽ/נְנִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נְנִי
nny
verb · 12×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 8:18 — And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
  • 2Sam 22:42 — They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
  • Ezek 8:18 — Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
  • Ezek 8:18 — Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
  • Gen 6:3 — And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
  • Hos 5:6 — They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
  • Isa 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Jas 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
  • Jas 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
  • Jer 11:11 — Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
  • Jer 11:11 — Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
  • Jer 14:12 — When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
  • Jer 14:12 — When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
  • Job 27:9 — Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
  • Job 27:9 — Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
  • Job 35:12 — There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
  • Job 35:12 — There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
  • John 9:31 — Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
  • Judg 9:7 — And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto yo
  • Matt 7:22 — Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
  • Matt 25:10 — And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
  • Mic 3:4 — Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
  • Mic 3:4 — Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
  • Prov 8:17 — I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
  • Prov 8:17 — I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
  • Prov 21:13 — Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
  • Ps 18:41 — They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
  • Ps 18:41 — They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
  • Ps 32:6 — For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
  • Ps 50:17 — Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
  • Zech 7:13 — Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts: