Zechariah 7:13
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13 Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so (A)they called out and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts.
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Proverbs 1:24-28
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24 (A)Because I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
25 Because you (B)disdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,
26 (C)I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your terror comes,
27 When (D)your terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.
28 “Then(E) they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
Jeremiah 14:12
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12 (A)When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and (B)when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But (C)I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.”
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Isaiah 1:15
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15 (A)When you [a]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
(B)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of [b]blood.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:15 Pray
- Isaiah 1:15 bloodshed
Jeremiah 11:11
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11 Therefore thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to [a]escape; and (A)though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them.
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- Jeremiah 11:11 Lit. go out
Micah 3:4
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4 Then (A)they will cry to the Lord,
But He will not hear them;
He will even hide His face from them at that time,
Because they have been evil in their deeds.
Psalm 81:8-12
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8 “Hear,(A) O My people, and I will admonish you!
O Israel, if you will listen to Me!
9 There shall be no (B)foreign god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
10 (C)I am the Lord your God,
Who brought you out of the land of Egypt;
(D)Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 “But My people would not heed My voice,
And Israel would have (E)none of Me.
12 (F)So I gave them over to [a]their own stubborn heart,
To walk in their own counsels.
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- Psalm 81:12 the dictates of their heart
James 4:3
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3 (A)You ask and do not receive, (B)because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.
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Luke 19:42-44
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42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this (A)your day, the things that (B)make for your (C)peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will (D)build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, 44 (E)and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and (F)they will not leave in you one stone upon another, (G)because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
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Jeremiah 6:16-17
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16 Thus says the Lord:
“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the (A)old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find (B)rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
17 Also, I set (C)watchmen over you, saying,
(D)‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’
Proverbs 28:9
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9 One who turns away his ear from hearing the law,
(A)Even his prayer is an abomination.
Luke 13:34-35
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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(A)
34 (B)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! 35 See! (C)Your house is left to you desolate; and [a]assuredly, I say to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, (D)‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”
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- Luke 13:35 NU, M omit assuredly
Luke 13:25
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25 (A)When once the Master of the house has risen up and (B)shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, (C)‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, (D)‘I do not know you, where you are from,’
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Matthew 25:11-12
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11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, (A)‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, (B)I do not know you.’
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Ezekiel 20:3
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3 “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live,” says the Lord God, (A)“I will not be inquired of by you.” ’
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Ezekiel 14:3
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3 “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them (A)that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. (B)Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?
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Isaiah 50:2
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2 Why, when I came, was there no man?
Why, when I called, was there none to answer?
Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Indeed with My (A)rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink because there is no water,
And die of thirst.
Proverbs 21:13
New King James Version
13 (A)Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be heard.
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