Holy Scripture
Proverbs 1:28
A church father on this verse
“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…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
28For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: Wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.
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26Therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; And I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:
27Yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, And your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; And when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, Or when ruin shall come upon you.
— Proverbs 1:28 —
29For they hated wisdom, And did not choose the word of the Lord:
30Neither would they attend to my counsels, But derided my reproofs.