Seeking God

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Acts 17:27
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that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not
far from each one of us;

1 Chronicles 16:11
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Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.

1 Chronicles 22:19
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"Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise, therefore, and build the
sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the
holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the LORD."

Psalm 14:2
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The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who
understand, Who seek after God.

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Psalm 14:2
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The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who
understand, Who seek after God.

Seeking God's Strength

1 Chronicles 16:11
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Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.
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Acts 15:16-17

'AFTER THESE THINGS I will return, AND I WILL REBUILD THE TABERNACLE OF
DAVID WHICH HAS FALLEN, AND I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL
RESTORE IT, SO THAT THE REST OF MANKIND MAY SEEK THE LORD, AND ALL
THE GENTILES WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME,'

Amos 9:11-12

"In that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David, And wall up its breaches; I will also raise
up its ruins And rebuild it as in the days of old; That they may possess the remnant of Edom And
all the nations who are called by My name," Declares the LORD who does this.

Hebrews 11:6
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And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He
is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake
his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the LORD, And He will
have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.

Hosea 10:12
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Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness; Break up your fallow
ground, For it is time to seek the LORD Until He comes to rain righteousness on you.

Amos 5:4-6

For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, "Seek Me that you may live. "But do not resort to
Bethel And do not come to Gilgal, Nor cross over to Beersheba; For Gilgal will certainly go into
captivity And Bethel will come to trouble. "Seek the LORD that you may live, Or He will break
forth like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,

Jeremiah 50:4
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"In those days and at that time," declares the LORD, "the sons of Israel will come, both they and
the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the LORD their
God they will seek.
Hosea 3:4-5

For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or
sacred pillar and without ephod or household idols. Afterward the sons of Israel will return and
seek the LORD their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the LORD and
to His goodness in the last days.

Hosea 5:13-15

When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria And sent
to King Jareb But he is unable to heal you, Or to cure you of your wound. For I will be like a lion
to Ephraim And like a young lion to the house of Judah I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away,
I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver. I will go away and return to My place Until
they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

Zephaniah 2:3
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Seek the LORD, All you humble of the earth Who have carried out His ordinances; Seek
righteousness, seek humility Perhaps you will be hidden In the day of the LORD'S anger.

Zechariah 8:20-23

"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'It will yet be that peoples will come, even the inhabitants of
many cities. 'The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, "Let us go at once to entreat the
favor of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts; I will also go." 'So many peoples and mighty
nations will come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the LORD.'
read more.

Proverbs 8:17
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"I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me.

Deuteronomy 4:29-31

"But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him
with all your heart and all your soul. "When you are in distress and all these things have come
upon you, in the latter days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. "For
the LORD your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the
covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.

1 Chronicles 28:9
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"As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart
and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the
thoughts If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you
forever.

2 Chronicles 15:1-2

Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded, and he went out to meet Asa and said
to him, "Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you when you are
with Him And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will
forsake you.

Isaiah 45:19
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"I have not spoken in secret, In some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek Me
in a waste place'; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, Declaring things that are upright.

Jeremiah 29:11-14

'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for
calamity to give you a future and a hope. 'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me,
and I will listen to you. 'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your
heart. read more.

Matthew 7:7-8

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
"For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be
opened.

Luke 11:9-10

"So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be
opened to you. "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who
knocks, it will be opened.

2 Corinthians 6:2
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for He says, "AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU, AND ON THE DAY OF
SALVATION I HELPED YOU." Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is
"THE DAY OF SALVATION"--

Luke 16:19-31
"Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in
splendor every day. "And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,
and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man's table; besides,
even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. read more.

Psalm 27:8
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When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, O LORD, I shall seek."

2 Chronicles 11:16
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Those from all the tribes of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the LORD God of Israel
followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers.

Jeremiah 29:13
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'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Deuteronomy 4:27-29

"The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the
nations where the LORD drives you. "There you will serve gods, the work of man's hands, wood
and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. "But from there you will seek the LORD
your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.

1 Chronicles 22:17-19

David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying, "Is not the
LORD your God with you? And has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given the
inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the LORD and before His
people. "Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise, therefore, and
build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the
LORD and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the LORD."

2 Chronicles 15:12-15

They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and
soul; and whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small
or great, man or woman. Moreover, they made an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with
shouting, with trumpets and with horns. read more.

Psalm 63:1
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O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for
You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Matthew 6:33
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"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Luke 12:31
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"But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

Psalm 27:4
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One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: 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 meditate in His temple.

Matthew 13:44-46

"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again;
and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. "Again, the kingdom of
heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went
and sold all that he had and bought it.

2 Kings 22:11-20

When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. Then the king
commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan
the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant saying, "Go, inquire of the LORD for me and the people
and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the
LORD that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to
do according to all that is written concerning us." read more.

2 Chronicles 14:2-7

Asa did good and right in the sight of the LORD his God, for he removed the foreign altars and
high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim, and commanded Judah to seek
the LORD God of their fathers and to observe the law and the commandment. read more.

2 Chronicles 17:3-6

The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father David's earlier
days and did not seek the Baals, but sought the God of his father, followed His commandments,
and did not act as Israel did. So the LORD established the kingdom in his control, and all Judah
brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor. read more.

2 Chronicles 20:1-4

Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some
of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. Then some came and reported to
Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, out of Aram
and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is Engedi)." Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his
attention to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. read more.

Ezra 8:21-23

Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our
God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions. For I was
ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way,
because we had said to the king, "The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who
seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him." So we fasted and
sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our entreaty.

Psalm 27:4-8

One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: 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 meditate in His temple.
For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He
will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies
around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing
praises to the LORD. read more.

Daniel 9:2-3

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was
revealed as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations
of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by
prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.

Acts 13:1-3

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and
Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with
Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit
said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Then, when
they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

Psalm 69:32
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The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive.

Romans 2:7-8

to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal
life; but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness,
wrath and indignation.

2 Chronicles 7:14
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and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and
turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal
their land.

2 Chronicles 30:18-20

For a multitude of the people, even many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun,
had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than prescribed. For Hezekiah
prayed for them, saying, "May the good LORD pardon everyone who prepares his heart to seek
God, the LORD God of his fathers, though not according to the purification rules of the
sanctuary." So the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

Jeremiah 26:17-19

Then some of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,
"Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the
people of Judah, saying, 'Thus the LORD of hosts has said, "Zion will be plowed as a field, And
Jerusalem will become ruins, And the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest."' "Did
Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and entreat
the favor of the LORD, and the LORD changed His mind about the misfortune which He had
pronounced against them? But we are committing a great evil against ourselves."

Psalm 119:2
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How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart.

Psalm 24:3-6

Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? And who may stand in His holy place? He who has
clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood And has not sworn
deceitfully. He shall receive a blessing from the LORD And righteousness from the God of his
salvation. read more.

Isaiah 65:9-10
"I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, And an heir of My mountains from Judah; Even My
chosen ones shall inherit it, And My servants will dwell there. "Sharon will be a pasture land for
flocks, And the valley of Achor a resting place for herds, For My people who seek Me.

Psalm 34:8-10

O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! O fear
the LORD, you His saints; For to those who fear Him there is no want. The young lions do lack
and suffer hunger; But they who seek the LORD shall not be in want of any good thing.

Matthew 6:31-33

"Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear
for clothing?' "For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that
you need all these things. "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things
will be added to you.

Luke 12:29-31

"And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying. "For all
these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these
things. "But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

Psalm 27:4-5

One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: 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 meditate in His temple.
For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He
will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.

Proverbs 28:5
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Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the LORD understand all things.

Daniel 2:17-23

Then Daniel went to his house and informed his friends, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, about
the matter, so that they might request compassion from the God of heaven concerning this
mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of
Babylon. Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the
God of heaven; read more.

Isaiah 40:30-31
Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly, Yet those who
wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will
run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.

Luke 22:42-43

saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be
done." Now an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

1 Chronicles 16:10
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Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.

Psalm 40:16
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Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say
continually, "The LORD be magnified!"

Psalm 70:4
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Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your salvation say
continually, "Let God be magnified."

Psalm 105:3
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Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.

Hosea 10:12-13

Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness; Break up your fallow
ground, For it is time to seek the LORD Until He comes to rain righteousness on you. You have
plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, You have eaten the fruit of lies Because you have
trusted in your way, in your numerous warriors,

Isaiah 59:1-2

Behold, the LORD'S hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it
cannot hear. But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your
sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.

Psalm 10:4
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The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him All his thoughts are,
"There is no God."

2 Chronicles 26:16-18

But when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful
to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of
incense. Then Azariah the priest entered after him and with him eighty priests of the LORD,
valiant men. They opposed Uzziah the king and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn
incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense.
Get out of the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful and will have no honor from the LORD
God."

Isaiah 31:1
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Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help And rely on horses, And trust in chariots because
they are many And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not look to the Holy
One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!

2 Chronicles 16:12
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In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa became diseased in his feet. His disease was severe, yet
even in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but the physicians.

Zephaniah 1:4-6

"So I will stretch out My hand against Judah And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem And I
will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, And the names of the idolatrous priests along
with the priests. "And those who bow down on the housetops to the host of heaven, And those
who bow down and swear to the LORD and yet swear by Milcom, And those who have turned
back from following the LORD, And those who have not sought the LORD or inquired of Him."

Romans 1:21-23

For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became
futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they
became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of
corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.

Amos 5:5-6

"But do not resort to Bethel And do not come to Gilgal, Nor cross over to Beersheba; For Gilgal
will certainly go into captivity And Bethel will come to trouble. "Seek the LORD that you may
live, Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it will consume with none to
quench it for Bethel,

Isaiah 58:1-9

"Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their
transgression And to the house of Jacob their sins. "Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to
know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of
their God They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God. 'Why have we
fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?' Behold, on
the day of your fast you find your desire, And drive hard all your workers. read more.

1 Chronicles 10:13-14

So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the
LORD which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry
of it, and did not inquire of the LORD. Therefore He killed him and turned the kingdom to David
the son of Jesse.

Leviticus 19:31
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'Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD
your God.

Leviticus 20:6
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'As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also
set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.

Deuteronomy 18:10-12

"There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the
fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a
sorcerer, or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. "For
whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the
LORD your God will drive them out before you.

1 Samuel 28:4-20

So the Philistines gathered together and came and camped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all
Israel together and they camped in Gilboa. When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was
afraid and his heart trembled greatly. When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not
answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets. read more.
Acts 16:16-18

It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination
met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling. Following after Paul and
us, she kept crying out, saying, "These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are
proclaiming to you the way of salvation." She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was
greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to
come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment.

2 Chronicles 15:13
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and whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or
great, man or woman.

Deuteronomy 13:6-10

"If your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your
friend who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods'
(whom neither you nor your fathers have known, of the gods of the peoples who are around you,
near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end), you shall not yield to him
or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him. read more.

Psalm 119:155
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Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes.

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Seeking God Exemplified David
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Perseverance To be manifested in Seeking God

1 Chronicles 16:11
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Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.

Procrastination To be avoided in Seeking God

Isaiah 55:6
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Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.

Seeking God Examples of

Psalm 119:10
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With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments.

Ezra 8:21
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Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our
God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.

Daniel 9:3
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So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting,
sackcloth and ashes.
John 12:21
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these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying,
"Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

2 Chronicles 11:16
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Those from all the tribes of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the LORD God of Israel
followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers.

More verses: Psalm 27:8 2 Chronicles 26:5 2 Chronicles 14:7 2 Chronicles 17:4 Psalm 24:6

Seeking God Ensures His being found

Proverbs 8:17
Verse Concepts

"I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me.

1 Chronicles 28:9
Verse Concepts

"As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart
and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the
thoughts If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you
forever.

Jeremiah 29:13
Verse Concepts

'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Deuteronomy 4:29
Verse Concepts

"But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him
with all your heart and all your soul.

Seeking God None, by nature, are found to be engaged in

Romans 3:11
Verse Concepts

THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;
Psalm 14:2
Verse Concepts

The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who
understand, Who seek after God.

Luke 12:23
Verse Concepts

"For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.

Luke 12:30
Verse Concepts

"For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need
these things.

Seeking God Saints Earnest in

Song of Songs 3:2

Verse Concepts

'I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom
my soul loves.' I sought him but did not find him.

Song of Songs 3:4

Verse Concepts

"Scarcely had I left them When I found him whom my soul loves; I held on to him and would
not let him go Until I had brought him to my mother's house, And into the room of her who
conceived me."

Seeking God Should be With the heart

1 Chronicles 22:19
Verse Concepts

"Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise, therefore, and build the
sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the
holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the LORD."

Deuteronomy 4:29
Verse Concepts

"But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him
with all your heart and all your soul.
Seeking God Saints Engage in, with the whole heart

Psalm 119:10
Verse Concepts

With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments.

2 Chronicles 15:12

They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and
soul;

Seeking God Saints Early in

Isaiah 26:9
Verse Concepts

At night my soul longs for You, Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; For when the
earth experiences Your judgments The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Psalm 63:1
Verse Concepts

O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for
You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Job 8:5
Verse Concepts

"If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,

Seeking God Includes seeking His strength

1 Chronicles 16:11
Verse Concepts

Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.

Psalm 105:4
Verse Concepts

Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.

Seeking God Ensures Life

Psalm 69:32
Verse Concepts

The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive.

Amos 5:4
Verse Concepts

For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, "Seek Me that you may live.

Amos 5:6
Verse Concepts

"Seek the LORD that you may live, Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it
will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,

Seeking God Includes seeking His commandments

Malachi 2:7
Verse Concepts

"For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his
mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

1 Chronicles 28:8

"So now, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God,
observe and seek after all the commandments of the LORD your God so that you may possess
the good land and bequeath it to your sons after you forever.

Seeking God Includes seeking The city which God has prepared

Hebrews 11:10
Verse Concepts

for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Hebrews 13:14
Verse Concepts

For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.

Seeking God In his house

Psalm 27:4
Verse Concepts
One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: 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 meditate in His temple.

Deuteronomy 12:5
Verse Concepts

"But you shall seek the LORD at the place which the LORD your God will choose from all your
tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come.

Seeking God Includes seeking His precepts

Psalm 119:45
Verse Concepts

And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts.

Psalm 119:94
Verse Concepts

I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts.

Seeking God Includes seeking Christ

Malachi 3:1
Verse Concepts

"Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me And the Lord,
whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom
you delight, behold, He is coming," says the LORD of hosts.

Luke 2:15-16

When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one
another, "Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the
Lord has made known to us." So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph,
and the baby as He lay in the manger.

Seeking God Includes seeking His kingdom

Matthew 6:33
Verse Concepts

"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Luke 12:31
Verse Concepts
"But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

Seeking God Commanded

Isaiah 55:6
Verse Concepts

Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.

Matthew 7:7
Verse Concepts

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Seeking God Includes seeking His face

Psalm 27:8
Verse Concepts

When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, O LORD, I shall seek."

Psalm 105:4
Verse Concepts

Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.

Seeking God Leads to joy

Psalm 70:4
Verse Concepts

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your salvation say
continually, "Let God be magnified."

Psalm 105:3
Verse Concepts

Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.

Seeking God The wicked Sometimes pretend to

Isaiah 58:2
Verse Concepts
"Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done
righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God They ask Me for just decisions,
They delight in the nearness of God.

Ezra 4:2
Verse Concepts

they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers' households, and said to them, "Let us build
with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of
Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here."

Seeking God Exemplified Jehoshaphat

2 Chronicles 17:3-4

The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father David's earlier
days and did not seek the Baals, but sought the God of his father, followed His commandments,
and did not act as Israel did.

Seeking God By prayer

Daniel 9:3
Verse Concepts

So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting,
sackcloth and ashes.

Job 8:5
Verse Concepts

"If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,

Seeking God Exemplified hezekiah

2 Chronicles 31:21
Verse Concepts

Every work which he began in the service of the house of God in law and in commandment,
seeking his God, he did with all his heart and prospered.

Seeking God The wicked Prepare not their hearts for

2 Chronicles 12:14
Verse Concepts

He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
Seeking God Saints Prepare their hearts for

2 Chronicles 30:19

everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though not
according to the purification rules of the sanctuary."

Seeking God Saints Set their hearts to

2 Chronicles 11:16
Verse Concepts

Those from all the tribes of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the LORD God of Israel
followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers.

Seeking God Includes seeking Justification by Christ

Galatians 2:16-17

nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in
Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ
and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified. "But if,
while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then
a minister of sin? May it never be!

Seeking God Exemplified Uzziah

2 Chronicles 26:5
Verse Concepts

He continued to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding through the vision of
God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God prospered him.

Seeking God Exemplified Josiah

2 Chronicles 34:3
Verse Concepts

For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his
father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places,
the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images.

Seeking God Exemplified Asa

2 Chronicles 14:7
Verse Concepts

For he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, gates
and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him,
and He has given us rest on every side." So they built and prospered.

Seeking God Ensures His favor

Lamentations 3:25
Verse Concepts

The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.

Seeking God Punishment of those who neglect

Zephaniah 1:4-6

"So I will stretch out My hand against Judah And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem And I
will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, And the names of the idolatrous priests along
with the priests. "And those who bow down on the housetops to the host of heaven, And those
who bow down and swear to the LORD and yet swear by Milcom, And those who have turned
back from following the LORD, And those who have not sought the LORD or inquired of Him."

Seeking God Afflictions designed to lead to

Psalm 78:33-34

So He brought their days to an end in futility And their years in sudden terror. When He killed
them, then they sought Him, And returned and searched diligently for God;

Seeking God The wicked Rejected, when too late in

Proverbs 1:28
Verse Concepts

"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not
find me,

Seeking God Ensures Understanding all things

Proverbs 28:5
Verse Concepts

Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the LORD understand all things.
Seeking God Saints Specially exhorted to

Zephaniah 2:3
Verse Concepts

Seek the LORD, All you humble of the earth Who have carried out His ordinances; Seek
righteousness, seek humility Perhaps you will be hidden In the day of the LORD'S anger.

Seeking God Includes seeking His righteousness

Matthew 6:33
Verse Concepts

"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Seeking God Includes seeking His word

Isaiah 34:16
Verse Concepts

Seek from the book of the LORD, and read: Not one of these will be missing; None will lack its
mate For His mouth has commanded, And His Spirit has gathered them.

Seeking God Exemplified Daniel

Daniel 9:3-4

So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting,
sackcloth and ashes. I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed and said, "Alas, O Lord, the
great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him
and keep His commandments,

Seeking God The wicked Are gone out of the way of

Psalm 14:2-3

The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who
understand, Who seek after God. They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.

Seeking God Should be With diligence

Hebrews 11:6
Verse Concepts
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He
is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

Seeking God Is never in vain

Isaiah 45:19
Verse Concepts

"I have not spoken in secret, In some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek Me
in a waste place'; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, Declaring things that are upright.

Seeking God Shall be rewarded

Hebrews 11:6
Verse Concepts

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He
is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

Seeking God Includes seeking His name

Psalm 83:16

Fill their faces with dishonor, That they may seek Your name, O LORD.

Seeking God The wicked Not led to, by affliction

Isaiah 9:13
Verse Concepts

Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them, Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.

Seeking God Should be While he may be found

Isaiah 55:6
Verse Concepts

Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.

Seeking God Should be Immediate

Hosea 10:12
Verse Concepts
Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness; Break up your fallow
ground, For it is time to seek the LORD Until He comes to rain righteousness on you.

Seeking God Should be Evermore

Psalm 105:4
Verse Concepts

Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.

Seeking God Ensures Gifts of righteousness

Hosea 10:12
Verse Concepts

Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness; Break up your fallow
ground, For it is time to seek the LORD Until He comes to rain righteousness on you.

Seeking God They who neglect denounced

Isaiah 31:1
Verse Concepts

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help And rely on horses, And trust in chariots because
they are many And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not look to the Holy
One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!

Seeking God Promise connected with

Psalm 69:32
Verse Concepts

The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive.

Seeking God Imperative upon all

Isaiah 8:19
Verse Concepts

When they say to you, "Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter," should
not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Seeking God Ends in praise

Psalm 22:26
Verse Concepts

The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the LORD Let your heart
live forever!

Seeking God Blessedness of

Psalm 119:2
Verse Concepts

How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart.

Seeking God Exemplified David

Psalm 34:4
Verse Concepts

I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

Seeking God The wicked Refuse, through pride

Psalm 10:4
Verse Concepts

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him All his thoughts are,
"There is no God."

Seeking God Should be In the day of trouble

Psalm 77:2
Verse Concepts

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; In the night my hand was stretched out without
weariness; My soul refused to be comforted.

Seeking God Ensures His not forsaking us

Psalm 9:10
Verse Concepts

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O LORD, have not
forsaken those who seek You.

Seeking God Ensures Being heard of him

Psalm 34:4
Verse Concepts

I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.

Seeking God Saints Purpose, in heart

Psalm 27:8
Verse Concepts

When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, O LORD, I shall seek."

Seeking God Saints Characterized by

Psalm 24:6
Verse Concepts

This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face--even Jacob. Selah.

Seeking God Includes seeking Honor which comes from him

John 5:44
Verse Concepts

"How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory
that is from the one and only God?

Seeking God Exemplified -ezra

Ezra 7:10
Verse Concepts

For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His
statutes and ordinances in Israel.

Seeking God Ensures His protection

Ezra 8:22
Verse Concepts

For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on
the way, because we had said to the king, "The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those
who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him."

Seeking God Ensures Prosperity

Job 8:5-6

"If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty, If you are pure and
upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.

Seeking God Saints Desirous of

Job 5:8
Verse Concepts

"But as for me, I would seek God, And I would place my cause before God;

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