59 Bible Verses about seeking
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But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
Topics on Seeking
Advice, Seeking Advice
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Crowds Seeking
Luke 4:42And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
Many Seeking Salvation
Matthew 13:17For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Not Seeking God
Psalm 14:2The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
Not Seeking People
Leviticus 19:31Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
Seeking A Sign
Genesis 24:14And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Seeking But Not Finding People
Song of Solomon 3:1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Seeking Food
Leviticus 25:20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
Seeking For Abstract Things
Proverbs 11:27He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
Seeking For Concrete Things
Leviticus 10:16And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,
Seeking God
Acts 17:27That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
Seeking God's Strength
1 Chronicles 16:11Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
Seeking Honour
Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Seeking Life
Luke 17:33Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Seeking Signs
Isaiah 7:11Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Seeking The Favour Of God
Galatians 1:10For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Seeking The Welfare
Jeremiah 29:7And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Seeking Things Above
Colossians 3:1-2If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Seeking Water
Psalm 63:1{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
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