What does Proverbs 1:28 mean?

Proverbs 1:28 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Proverbs 1:28 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

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.

28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

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.

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