Proverbs 1:27-29

Lexham English Bible

²⁷ When your panic comes like a storm,
    and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind,
    when distress and anguish come upon you,
²⁸ then they will call^[a] me, but I will not answer;
    they will seek me diligently but not find me.
²⁹ Since they hated knowledge,
    and did not choose the fear of Yahweh,