Pro 1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; Ver. 24. Because I have called, and ye refused. ] If any ask, why did God suffer them to refuse, and not make them yield? I answer with Augustine, Doctiorem quaerat, qui hanc quaestionem ei explicet: Let him look one that can tell him, for I cannot. read more
I have called: Isaiah 50:2, Isaiah 65:12, Isaiah 66:4, Jeremiah 7:13, Ezekiel 8:18, Zechariah 7:11, Zechariah 7:12, Matthew 22:5, Matthew 22:6, Matthew 23:37, Matthew 23:38, Hebrews 12:25, Hebrews 12:26 stretched: Psalms 31:20, Acts 4:30, Romans 10:21 Reciprocal: Genesis 27:34 - he cried Genesis 27:38 - General Exodus 10:3 - How long 2 Chronicles 36:16 - despised Nehemiah 9:17 - refused Job 33:14 - perceiveth Psalms 27:5 - For in Psalms 68:21 - of such Proverbs 15:32 - refuseth Proverbs... read more
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;Called — By my ministers, by my judgments, and by the motions of my spirit and your own conscience. read more
24. Stretched out my hand To invite you, welcome you, receive you. read more
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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 1:24-28
Proverbs 1:24-28Because I have called, and ye refused.The rejected call of WisdomI. The manner in which it has called upon you--in which the appeals of Wisdom and of religion have been made. In the manner, the variety, the intensity, the tenderness, the unwearied nature, and the sleepless watchfulness of appeal, nothing has occurred that can be compared with the calls which have been made to you to abandon a sinful course and to give your heart to God.II. The manner of the reception of this... read more