Proverbs 1:24

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“Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,”

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BSBPD

“Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 1:24 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 33:10And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
  3. Job 33:14For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
  4. Psalms 31:20You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
  5. Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
  6. Isaiah 65:12I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
  7. Isaiah 66:4So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
  8. Jeremiah 7:13And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
  9. Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
  10. Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
  11. Matthew 22:5But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
  12. Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  13. Acts 4:30as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
  14. Romans 10:21But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
  15. Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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