 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 504 pages
...call upon me, but I will not answer ; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord; they would none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit... | |
 | William Wilberforce - 1824 - 354 pages
...call upon me, but I will not answer; they "shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; " for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose " the fear of the Lord*." The apprehensions, which must be excited by thus reading the recorded judgments and awful language... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1824 - 478 pages
...meaning is obvious. And the thing intended is expressed more literally in the following words: " For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord; therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 528 pages
...Christ, in the character of Wisdom, Prov. i. 29, to be finally given over to destruction, ' because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord.' But it is unnecessary to spend tune any further, in illustrating a doctrine which necessarily follows... | |
 | 1824 - 884 pages
...me," says the Almighty, " and I will not answer ; they shall seek me, and shall not find me ; because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord." We cannot indeed say of any particular individual, that he is thus given over; on the contrary, there... | |
 | A. Norman - 1825 - 348 pages
...Proverbs, . . . . " then shall they call upon me but I will not answer ; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me. For they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord t:" and our blessed Saviour applied the prediction of Isaiah to the unbelieving Jews. " By hearing,... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1825 - 152 pages
...call upon me, but I will not answer ; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me : for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord : they would none of my counsel : they despised all my reproof: therefore shall they eat of the fruit... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 550 pages
...calamity, and mock when their fear cometh ; then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer, for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord, they would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof, Prov. i. 24 — 33 ; read Jer. xvi. 5,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 426 pages
...call upon God, but he will not answer ; they shall seek him early, but shall not find him: for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord : they would none of his counsel, but despised all his reproof." Up, therefore, and work with all thy... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pages
...love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 22. For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord. 29. And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; And have not obeyed the voice... | |
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Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: they would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof: therefore shall... 
