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Proverbs 1

Prov. 1:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Becausec I have called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
, and ye refused
ma'en (Hebrew #3985)
to refuse
KJV usage: refuse, X utterly.
Pronounce: maw-ane'
Origin: a primitive root
; I have stretched out
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
my hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
, and no man regarded
qashab (Hebrew #7181)
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
KJV usage: attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
Pronounce: kaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
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Isa. 65:12• 12I will even number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down in the slaughter: because I called and ye did not answer; I spoke, and ye did not hear; but ye did the evil in mine eyes, and [that] wherein I delight not ye chose. (Isa. 65:12)
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Isa. 66:4• 4I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did the evil in mine eyes, and chose [that] wherein I delight not. (Isa. 66:4)
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Zech. 7:11‑14• 11{i}But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.{/i}
 12{i}And they made their heart as an adamant, that they should not hear the law, and the words that Jehovah of hosts sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets: therefore was there great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.{/i}
 13{i}And it came to pass, like as he called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts;{/i}
 14{i}and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not, and the land was desolate after them, so that no one passed through nor returned; and they laid the pleasant land desolate.{/i} (Zech. 7:11‑14)

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Ministry on This Verse

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I have called.
Isa. 50:2• 2Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened, that I cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because [there is] no water, and die for thirst. (Isa. 50:2)
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Isa. 65:12• 12I will even number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down in the slaughter: because I called and ye did not answer; I spoke, and ye did not hear; but ye did the evil in mine eyes, and [that] wherein I delight not ye chose. (Isa. 65:12)
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Isa. 66:4• 4I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did the evil in mine eyes, and chose [that] wherein I delight not. (Isa. 66:4)
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Jer. 7:13• 13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; (Jer. 7:13)
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Ezek. 8:18• 18Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. (Ezek. 8:18)
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Zech. 7:11‑12• 11{i}But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.{/i}
 12{i}And they made their heart as an adamant, that they should not hear the law, and the words that Jehovah of hosts sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets: therefore was there great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.{/i} (Zech. 7:11‑12)
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Matt. 22:5‑6• 5But they slighted [it] and went off, one to his own land, another to his traffic;
 6and the rest, seizing his bondmen, insulted and killed [them]. (Matt. 22:5‑6)
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Matt. 23:37‑38• 37{i}Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!{/i}
 38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate; (Matt. 23:37‑38)
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Heb. 12:25‑26• 25Look that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if those did not escape, refusing as they did him speaking oracularly on earth, much more we that turn away from him from [the] heavens;
 26whose voice then shook the earth, but now hath he promised, saying, Yet once will I shake not only the earth but also the heaven. (Heb. 12:25‑26)
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Psa. 31:20• 20Thou hidest them in the secret place of thy presence from the plots of man,{HR}Thou concealest them in a tabernacle from the strife of tongues. (Psa. 31:20)
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Acts 4:30• 30while thou stretchest forth thy hand for healing, and that signs and wonders be done by the name of thy holy servant Jesus. (Acts 4:30)
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Rom. 10:21• 21but with regard to Israel he saith, “All the day long I spread out my hands toward a people disobedient and gainsaying.” (Rom. 10:21)
• The principle abides whether applied to sinners or saints. But surely in Wisdom’s cry the “ministry of reconciliation” may be readily recognized. It is “God beseeching, man refusing To be made forever glad.” (“Proverbs One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

W. Kelly Translation

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Because I have called, and ye refused;{HR}I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;