Proverbs 1:28 Cross References

Proverbs 1:28

28: "I will not answer when they cry for help. Even though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

Then you beg the LORD for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to listen? After all the evil you have done, he won't even look at you!

And even when you do ask, you don't get it because your whole motive is wrong--you want only what will give you pleasure.

Therefore, says the LORD, I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries.

When they fast in my presence, I will pay no attention. When they present their burnt offerings and grain offerings to me, I will not accept them. In return, I will give them only war, famine, and disease."

Therefore, I will deal with them in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they scream for mercy, I will not listen."

From now on, when you lift up your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen. For your hands are covered with the blood of your innocent victims.

"Since they refused to listen when I called to them, I would not listen when they called to me, says the LORD Almighty.

When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but the LORD will not help you."

On judgment day many will tell me, 'Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.'
But I will reply, 'I never knew you. Go away; the things you did were unauthorized. '

"But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked.
Later, when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside, calling, 'Sir, open the door for us!'
But he called back, 'I don't know you!'

They called for help, but no one came to rescue them. They cried to the LORD, but he refused to answer them.

but when the head of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. Then you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us!' But he will reply, 'I do not know you.'
You will say, 'But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'
And he will reply, 'I tell you, I don't know you. Go away, all you who do evil.'
"And there will be great weeping and gnashing of teeth, for you will see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets within the Kingdom of God, but you will be thrown out.

Then I will return to my place until they admit their guilt and look to me for help. For as soon as trouble comes, they will search for me."
"Come, let us return to the LORD! He has torn us in pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds.
In just a short time, he will restore us so we can live in his presence.
Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him! Then he will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring."
"O Israel and Judah, what should I do with you?" asks the LORD. "For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight.

Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, they will live no more than 120 years."

When God killed some of them, the rest finally sought him. They repented and turned to God.
Then they remembered that God was their rock, that their redeemer was the Most High.
But they followed him only with their words; they lied to him with their tongues.

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