Proverbs 1:28 Cross References - ISV

²⁸ “Then they will call out to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.

³ So the LORD said, “My Spirit won’t remain with human beings forever, because they’re truly mortal. Their lifespan will be 120 years.”

¹⁸ When all of this comes about, you will cry out because of your king whom you chose for yourselves, but the LORD won’t answer you at that time.”

⁹ Will God hear his cry when distress overtakes him?

¹² “They cry out there, but he doesn’t answer because of the arrogance of those who practice evil.

⁴¹ They cried out for deliverance, but there was no one to deliver; they cried out to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

³⁴ When he struck them, they sought him; they repented, and eagerly sought God. ³⁵ Then they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God was their deliverer. ³⁶ But they deceived him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.

¹⁷ I love those who love me, and those who seek me will find me.

¹⁵ When you spread out your hands in prayer, I’ll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won’t listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity.”

¹¹ Therefore, this is what the LORD says: “I’m about to bring disaster on them from which they won’t be able to escape. They’ll cry out to me, but I won’t listen to them.

¹² Although they fast, I won’t listen to their cry, and although they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won’t accept them. Instead, I’ll put an end to them with the sword, with famine, and with a plague.”

¹⁸ I’m going to deal with them in rage and anger. I’ll show neither pity nor compassion. They’ll cry loudly directly in my ears, but I won’t listen to them.”

¹⁵ “I will leave and go back to my place until they admit their offense and seek my face. When affliction comes to them, they will eagerly seek me.”

⁴ “Then they will cry to the LORD, but he will not listen to them. In fact, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they were so wicked in what they were doing.”

¹³ Therefore, just as when I cried out and they would not listen, so also they will cry out, and I will not listen,’ says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

²² Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn’t we?’ ²³ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who practice evil!’”

¹⁰ “While they were away buying it, the groom arrived. Those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet, and the door was closed. ¹¹ Later, the other bridesmaids arrived and said, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us!’
¹² “But he replied, ‘I tell all of you with certainty, I don’t know you!’

²⁵ After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, you can stand outside, knock on the door, and say again and again, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will answer you, ‘I don’t know where you come from.’ ²⁶ Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ ²⁷ But he will tell you, ‘I don’t know where you come from. Get away from me, all you who practice evil!’ ²⁸ In that place there will be crying and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves being driven away on the outside.

³ You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason—for your own pleasure.