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Proverbs 1

Prov. 1:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thena shall they call
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
upon me, but I will not answer
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
; they shall seek me early
shachar (Hebrew #7836)
properly, to dawn, i.e. (figuratively) be (up) early at any task (with the implication of earnestness); by extension, to search for (with painstaking)
KJV usage: (do something) betimes, enquire early, rise (seek) betimes, seek diligently) early, in the morning).
Pronounce: shaw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
, but they shall not find
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
me:
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Gen. 6:3• 3And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. (Gen. 6:3)
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Job 27:9• 9Will *God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him? (Job 27:9)
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Isa. 1:15• 15And 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)
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Jer. 11:11• 11Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon them, from which they shall not be able to escape; and they will cry unto me, and I will not hearken unto them. (Jer. 11:11)
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Jer. 14:12• 12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer up burnt-offering and oblation, I will not accept them: for I will consume them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence. (Jer. 14:12)
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Ezek. 8:18• 18And I also will deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them. (Ezek. 8:18)
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Mic. 3:4• 4Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings. (Mic. 3:4)

Cross References

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Gen. 6:3• 3And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always plead with Man; for he indeed is flesh; but his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. (Gen. 6:3)
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Job 27:9• 9Will *God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him? (Job 27:9)
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Job 35:12• 12There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men. (Job 35:12)
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Psa. 18:41• 41They cried, and there was none to save;--unto Jehovah, and he answered them not. (Psa. 18:41)
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Isa. 1:15• 15And 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)
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Jer. 11:11• 11Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon them, from which they shall not be able to escape; and they will cry unto me, and I will not hearken unto them. (Jer. 11:11)
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Jer. 14:12• 12When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer up burnt-offering and oblation, I will not accept them: for I will consume them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence. (Jer. 14:12)
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Ezek. 8:18• 18And I also will deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them. (Ezek. 8:18)
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Mic. 3:4• 4Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings. (Mic. 3:4)
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Zech. 7:13• 13And it came to pass, like as he called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts; (Zech. 7:13)
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Matt. 7:22‑23• 22Many shall say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied through *thy* name, and through *thy* name cast out demons, and through *thy* name done many works of power?
 23and then will I avow unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, workers of lawlessness. (Matt. 7:22‑23)
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Matt. 25:10‑12• 10But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the ones that were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
 11Afterwards come also the rest of the virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us;
 12but he answering said, Verily I say unto you, I do not know you. (Matt. 25:10‑12)
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Luke 13:25‑28• 25From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are:
 26then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten in thy presence and drunk, and thou hast taught in our streets;
 27and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
 28There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out. (Luke 13:25‑28)
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James 4:3• 3Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume it in your pleasures. (James 4:3)
they shall seek.
Psa. 78:34‑36• 34When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after *God;
 35And they remembered that God was their rock, and *God, the Most High, their redeemer.
 36But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied unto him with their tongue; (Psa. 78:34‑36)
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Hos. 5:15• 15I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespass, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. (Hos. 5:15)
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Hos. 6:1‑4• 1Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
 2After two days will he revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before his face;
 3and we shall know,--we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.
 4What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do unto thee, Judah? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away. (Hos. 6:1‑4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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—then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek med early, and shall not find me.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "earnestly," as Job 8.5.