“What is it then which Scripture says in many places: "They shall call, and I will not hear them"? Yet surely you are merciful to all who call upon you.... Some call, yet call not upon him of whom it is said, "They have not called upon God." They call, but not on God. You call upon whatever you love: you call upon what…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — EXPLANATIONS OF THE PSALMS 86:7
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28Then 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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26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
— Proverbs 1:28 —
29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.