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Proverbs 1:28

Proverbs 1:28
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer,.... As he called them, and they refused to answer to his call, Pro 1:24; so it was just in him to return no answer to them, when they called on him…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 1:20-33

Solomon, having shown how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here shows how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God, which we shall for ever rue the neglect of.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

early Rather, earnestly, or diligently, R.V. text. The rendering earlyis due to the doubtful connection (see Bp Perowne on Psa 63:1) of the Heb. word with the dawn(mane consurgent, Vulg.). Here in…