59 Bible Verses about seeking
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but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;
If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;
And seek the peace of the city whither I have removed you, and pray for it unto Jehovah, for in its peace ye have peace.
God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, One seeking God.
Again, therefore, he questioned them, 'Whom do ye seek?' and they said, 'Jesus the Nazarene;'
And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.
to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, -- though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,
This is a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Thy face, O Jacob! Selah.
One thing I asked of Jehovah -- it I seek. My dwelling in the house of Jehovah, All the days of my life, To look on the pleasantness of Jehovah, And to inquire in His temple.
for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,
and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small,
then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.
ye will seek me, and ye shall not find; and where I am, ye are not able to come.'
Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.
and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.
dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge art thou with me.'
If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,
Seek out of the book of Jehovah, and read, One of these hath not been lacking, None hath missed its companion, For My mouth -- it hath commanded, And His spirit -- He hath gathered them.
There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.
And they have wandered from sea unto sea, And from north even unto east, They go to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, And they do not find.
Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,
for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please -- Christ's servant I should not be.
'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,
The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.
Jesus answered them and said, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were satisfied;
Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,
Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness -- Then am I propitious to her.
And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, 'What seek ye?' and they said to them, 'Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?'
I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, 'Behold Me, behold Me,' Unto a nation not calling in My name.
Topics on Seeking
Advice, Seeking Advice
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.
Crowds Seeking
Luke 4:42And day having come, having gone forth, he went on to a desert place, and the multitudes were seeking him, and they came unto him, and were staying him -- not to go on from them,
Many Seeking Salvation
Matthew 13:17for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.
Not Seeking God
Psalm 14:2Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.
Not Seeking People
Leviticus 19:31Ye do not turn unto those having familiar spirits; and unto wizards ye do not seek, for uncleanness by them; I am Jehovah your God.
Seeking A Sign
Genesis 24:14and it hath been, the young person unto whom I say, Incline, I pray thee, thy pitcher, and I drink, and she hath said, Drink, and I water also thy camels) -- her Thou hast decided for Thy servant, for Isaac; and by it I know that Thou hast done kindness with my lord.'
Seeking But Not Finding People
Song of Solomon 3:1On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!
Seeking Food
Leviticus 25:20'And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?
Seeking For Abstract Things
Proverbs 11:27Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.
Seeking For Concrete Things
Leviticus 10:16And the goat of the sin-offering hath Moses diligently sought, and lo, it is burnt, and he is wroth against Eleazar, and against Ithamar, sons of Aaron, who are left, saying,
Seeking God
Acts 17:27to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, -- though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,
Seeking God's Strength
1 Chronicles 16:11Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.
Seeking Honour
Proverbs 25:27The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.
Seeking Life
Luke 17:33Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.
Seeking Signs
Isaiah 7:11Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make it high upwards.'
Seeking The Favour Of God
Galatians 1:10for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please -- Christ's servant I should not be.
Seeking The Welfare
Jeremiah 29:7And seek the peace of the city whither I have removed you, and pray for it unto Jehovah, for in its peace ye have peace.
Seeking Things Above
Colossians 3:1-2If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated,
Seeking Water
Psalm 63:1A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou art my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.
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