Proverbs 1:28 (BSB)

Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

From Proverbs 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 1:28

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33: Solomon, having shown how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here shows how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God, which we shall for ever rue the neglect of. Observe, I. By whom God calls to us - by wisdom. It is wisdom that crieth without.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 1:28: Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer,.... As he called them, and they refused to answer to his call, Pro 1:24; so it was just in him to return no answer to them, when they called on him to deliver them from the Romans, and save them from ruin: for this was what they called out for, and what they expected...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 1:28: Now no prayers or most diligent seeking will avail (Pro 8:17).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 1:28: Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: (x) Because they sought not with an affection to God, but for ease of their own grief.