Proverbs 1:24-30

24 But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,
25 since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke,
26 I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—
27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me,
29 since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD.
30 Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,

Cross References 12

  • 1. Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 35:17; Jeremiah 36:31
  • 2. Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4; Jeremiah 7:13; Zechariah 7:11
  • 3. S 1 Samuel 8:19
  • 4. S Psalms 2:4
  • 5. ver 33; S Psalms 59:8
  • 6. S 2 Kings 19:21
  • 7. Deuteronomy 28:63; Proverbs 6:15; Proverbs 10:24
  • 8. S Psalms 18:18; Proverbs 5:12-14
  • 9. S Deuteronomy 1:45; S 1 Samuel 8:18; Isaiah 1:15; S Jeremiah 11:11; Micah 3:4
  • 10. S Job 27:9; Proverbs 8:17; Ezekiel 8:18; Hosea 5:6; Zechariah 7:13
  • 11. S Job 21:14
  • 12. ver 25; Psalms 81:11
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