57 Bible Verses about seeking
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But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.
Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:
And be working for the peace of the land to which I have had you taken away prisoners, and make prayer to the Lord for it: for in its peace you will have peace.
When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.
But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:
God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.
Let a man give attention not only to what is good for himself, but equally to his neighbour's good.
So again he put the question to them, Who are you looking for? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene.
So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:
One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.
Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.
Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
Made an attempt to get a view of Jesus, and was not able to do so, because of the people, for he was a small man.
Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.
You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.
Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:
For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.
And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.
Keep here with me and have no fear; for he who has designs on my life has designs on yours: but with me you will be safe.
If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
See what is recorded in the book of the Lord: all these will be there, not one without the other: the mouth of the Lord has given the order, and his spirit has made them come together.
Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;
And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.
The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.
Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.
Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.
I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.
Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.
This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.
Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in her wide places if there is a man, if there is one in her who is upright, who keeps faith; and she will have my forgiveness.
And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?
I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.
Topics on Seeking
Advice, Seeking Advice
Proverbs 12:15The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.
Crowds Seeking
Luke 4:42And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.
Many Seeking Salvation
Matthew 13:17For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.
Not Seeking God
Psalm 14:2The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.
Not Seeking People
Leviticus 19:31Do not go after those who make use of spirits, or wonder-workers; do not go in their ways or become unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.
Seeking A Sign
Genesis 24:14Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.
Seeking But Not Finding People
Song of Solomon 3:1By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.
Seeking Christ
Mark 1:37And when they came up with him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you.
Seeking Food
Leviticus 25:20And if you say, Where will our food come from in the seventh year, when we may not put in seed, or get in the increase
Seeking For Abstract Things
Proverbs 11:27He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.
Seeking For Concrete Things
Leviticus 10:16And Moses was looking for the goat of the sin-offering, but it was burned; and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron, who were still living, saying,
Seeking God
Acts 17:27So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:
Seeking God's Strength
1 Chronicles 16:11Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
Seeking Honour
Proverbs 25:27It is not good to take much honey: so he who is not looking for honour will be honoured.
Seeking Life
Luke 17:33If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.
Seeking Signs
Isaiah 7:11Make a request to the Lord your God for a sign, a sign in the deep places of the underworld, or in the high heavens.
Seeking The Favour Of God
Galatians 1:10Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Seeking The Welfare
Jeremiah 29:7And be working for the peace of the land to which I have had you taken away prisoners, and make prayer to the Lord for it: for in its peace you will have peace.
Seeking Things Above
Colossians 3:1-2If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Seeking Water
Psalm 63:1O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;
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