Proverbs 1:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: ”

Proverbs 1:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not (x) find me: (x) Because they sought not with an affection to God, but for ease of their own grief.
Proverbs 1:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1-9. First Section. The Praise of Wisdom. Proverbs 1:1 . Title, either of the whole book, or of this particular collection. The word for proverb, mâ shâ l, has a wide significance...
Proverbs 1:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Then, &c. Illustration: Israel ( Deuteronomy 1:45 ; Deuteronomy 1:46 ). See also Isaiah 1:15 . Jeremiah 11:11 . Ezekiel 8:18 ; Hosea 5:6 .
Proverbs 1:28 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 753 THE NEED OF ATTENDING TO GOD’S GRACIOUS INVITATIONS Proverbs 1:20-31 . Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in...
Proverbs 1:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Proverbs 1:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer - ( Job 27:9 .) God saith, it is...
Proverbs 1:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The chapter falls into three principal divisions. 1-6 . Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book, which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man's knowledg...
Proverbs 1:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then shall they call upon me. — They did not call upon Him in an “acceptable time,” in “a day of salvation” ( Isaiah 49:8 ), while He was “near” ( Isaiah 55:6 ); so at last the master of the house...
Proverbs 1:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the Holy One is und...
Proverbs 1:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Call of Wisdom Proverbs 1:20-33 The word Wisdom and the description of her standing atthe head of the noisy streets- see Proverbs 1:21 , r.v., margin-remind us of our Lord, who, as the...
Proverbs 1:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books of the Hebrew people. Emotionally and fundamentally, wisdom is the fear of God; intellectually, a knowledge of the manifestations of the divine wisdom;...
Proverbs 1:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple...
Proverbs 1:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer ,.... As he called them, and they refused to answer to his call, Proverbs 1:24 ; so it was just in him to return no answer to them, when they cal...
Proverbs 1:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: Ver. 28. Then shall they call, &c. ] This was Saul's misery; - The Philistines are up...
Proverbs 1:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Because I have called , &c. By my ministers, my judgments, the motions of my Spirit, and your own consciences; and ye refused To obey my call; I have stretched out my hand Offering mercy and...
Proverbs 1:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Wisdom's Exhortations; Doom of Obdurate Sinners. 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21...
Proverbs 1:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Early; or, in the morning , as the word properly signifies, and is here rendered by others, as soon as their calamity comes; or rather, with great diligence and fervency, as this phrase commonly s...
Proverbs 1:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Discourse 1. Addressed To ‘My Son'. Those Who Seek To Walk In The Fear Of YHWH Will Listen To The Instruction Of Godly Authority, And Will Avoid The Enticements Of Sinners Motivated By Greed. Wisdom...
Proverbs 1:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 1:20 . The word wisdom is in the plural form in the Hebrew. Proverbs 1:27 . Desolation , or “tempest.” Proverbs 1:28 . To seek early denotes “earnestly.” See...
Proverbs 1:28 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 1:24-28 . The words of the text are awful, but not hopeless; they pronounce God's judgment on the finally impenitent; the penitent they but awaken, that they may "hear the voice of the Son...
Proverbs 1:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:1 . Proverbs, apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes. The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use,...
Proverbs 1:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Because I have called, and ye refused. The rejected call of Wisdom I. The manner in which it has called upon you--in which the appeals of Wisdom and of religion have been made. In the manner, t...
Proverbs 1:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 1:1-20 Part I. THE TITLE AND SUPERSCRIPTION . The superscription of the Proverbs, which extends from verse 1 to verse 6, furnishes us with an epitome in short...
Proverbs 1:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Invitation of Wisdom
Proverbs 1:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 8:18 ; Genesis 6:3 ; Hosea 5:15 ; Hosea 6:1-4 ; Isaiah 1:15 ; James 4:3 ; Jeremiah 11:11 ; Jeremiah 14:12 ; Job 27:9 ; Job 35:12 ; Luke 13:25-28 ; Micah 3:4 ; Matthew 25:10-12 ;...
Proverbs 1:28 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wisdom's Call Proverbs 1:20-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Where the voice of Wisdom is heard. Wisdom doth not speak alone among the wise. She doth not sound forth her voice alone in cloistered circ...
Proverbs 1:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Early — With diligence and fervency.

Proverbs 1:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 1:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 1:28 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 1:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 1:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 1:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 1:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 1:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 1:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 1:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 1:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 1:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 1:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 1:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 1:28 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 1:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 1:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 1:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 1:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 1:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 1:28 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 1:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes