Zephaniah 2:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

Seek ye

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Seek righteousness

It may

Hid

Bible References

Seek ye

Seek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually;

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.

Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah.

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith Jehovah, return unto me; and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not be a wanderer;

And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;

And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face; and they do not return to Jehovah their God, nor seek him for all this.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.

Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

All

Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise Jehovah that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore will he instruct sinners in the way:

When God rose up to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people; he beautifieth the meek with salvation.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful gatherings. Love ye then truth and peace.

Blessed the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.

Seek righteousness

Brethren, I do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before,

For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.

Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;

but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

It may

And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I thought, Who knows? perhaps Jehovah will be gracious to me, that the child may live.

and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

Hid

And they went to Noah, into the ark, two and two of all flesh, in which was the breath of life.

that ye shall say, It is a sacrifice of passover to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when he smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses. And the people bowed their heads and worshipped.

Thou keepest them concealed in the secret of thy presence from the conspiracies of man; thou hidest them in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

The name of Jehovah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself just for a little moment, until the indignation be past.

for I will certainly save thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thou shalt have thy life for a prey; for thou hast put thy confidence in me, saith Jehovah.

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou shalt go.

have your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth;