Psalm 53:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

Looked

Jeremiah 23:24

Any that

Psalm 111:10

Deuteronomy 4:6

Job 28:28

Seek

General references

Jeremiah 17:9

Bible References

Looked

Yahweh [is] in his holy temple; Yahweh [is] in the heavens [on] his throne. His eyelids see; they test [the] children of humankind.

From heaven Yahweh looks; he sees all the children of humankind.

that he looked down from his holy height. Yahweh looked from heaven over [the] earth

For my eyes [are] on all their ways, they are not hidden {from before me}, and their iniquity is not concealed from before my eyes.

Or can a person hide himself in secret places and I cannot see him?" {declares} Yahweh. "[Do] I not fill up the heaven and the earth?" {declares} Yahweh.

Any that

The fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of wisdom; all who do them have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.

And {you must observe them diligently}, for that [is] your wisdom and your insight before the eyes of the people, who will hear all [of] these rules, and they will say, 'Surely this great nation [is] a wise and discerning people.'

And to the human beings he said, 'Look, the fear of the Lord [is] wisdom, and to depart from evil [is] understanding.'"

Seek

{With bald-faced pride} [the] wicked will not seek [God]. There is no God in any of his thoughts.

On your behalf my heart says, "Seek my face." Your face, O Yahweh, I do seek.

"And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and a willing mind, for Yahweh searches all hearts and understands every plan and [all] thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.

And he went out before Asa and said to him, "Hear me, O Asa and all of Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh [is] with you while you are with him. And if you will seek him he will be found by you. But if you forsake him he will forsake you.

Nevertheless some good things have been found in regard to you, for you burned the Asherahs out of the land and set your heart to seek God."

Seek Yahweh {while he lets himself be found}; call him {while he is} near.

General references

The heart [is] deceitful more than anything else, and it [is] disastrous. Who can understand it?