Proverbs 1:28
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28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.(A)
Micah 3:4
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4 Then they will cry to the Lord,
but he will not answer them;
he will hide his face from them at that time
because they have acted wickedly.(A)
James 4:3
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3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.(A)
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Zechariah 7:13
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13 Just as, when I[a] called, they would not hear, so, when they called, I would not hear, says the Lord of hosts,(A)
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- 7.13 Heb he
Jeremiah 11:11
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11 Therefore, thus says the Lord, assuredly I am going to bring disaster upon them that they cannot escape; though they cry out to me, I will not listen to them.(A)
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 When you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.(A)
Job 27:9
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9 Will God hear their cry
when trouble comes upon them?(A)
Matthew 25:10-12
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10 And while they went to buy it, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.(A) 11 Later the other young women[a] came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’(B) 12 But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’
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- 25.11 Gk virgins
Jeremiah 14:12
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12 Although they fast, I do not hear their cry, and although they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I do not accept them, but by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence I consume them.(A)
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Psalm 18:41
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41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them;
they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.(A)
Ezekiel 8:18
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18 Therefore I will act in wrath; my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity, and though they cry in my hearing with a loud voice, I will not listen to them.”(A)
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Job 35:12
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12 There they cry out, but he does not answer,
because of the pride of evildoers.(A)
1 Samuel 8:18
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18 And on that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you on that day.”(A)
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Matthew 7:22-23
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22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’(A) 23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who behave lawlessly.’(B)
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Proverbs 8:17
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17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me diligently find me.(A)
Genesis 6:3
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3 Then the Lord said, “My spirit shall not abide[a] in mortals forever, for they are flesh; their days shall be one hundred twenty years.”(A)
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- 6.3 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Luke 13:25-28
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25 Once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then in reply he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’(A) 26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 But he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you come from; go away from me, all you evildoers!’(B) 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrown out.(C)
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Hosea 5:15-6:4
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15 I will return again to my place
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face.
In their distress they will beg my favor:(A)
A Call to Repentance
6 “Come, let us return to the Lord,
for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us;
he has struck down, and he will bind us up.(B)
2 After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
3 Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord;
his appearing is as sure as the dawn;
he will come to us like the showers,
like the spring rains that water the earth.”(C)
Impenitence of Israel and Judah
4 What shall I do with you, O Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
Your love is like a morning cloud,
like the dew that goes away early.(D)
Psalm 78:34-36
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34 When he killed them, they searched for him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.(A)
35 They remembered that God was their rock,
the Most High God their redeemer.(B)
36 But they flattered him with their mouths;
they lied to him with their tongues.(C)
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