27 Bible Verses about Not Seeking God
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LORD looked down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.
God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood, who seek after God.
The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
Yet the people have not turned to him who smote them, nor have they sought LORD of hosts.
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 look not to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek LORD!
For the shepherds have become brutish, and have not inquired of LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. Yet they have not returned to LORD their God, nor sought him for all this.
I was {manifested (LXX/NT)} by those who did not ask {for me (LXX/NT)}. I am found by those who did not seek me. I said, Behold me, behold me, to a nation that was not called by my name.
And Isaiah is very bold and says, I was found by those not seeking me. I became manifest to those not asking for me.
and those who are turned back from following LORD, and those who have not sought LORD, nor inquired after him.
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.
How can ye believe, who receive glory from each other, and seek not the glory from the only God?
And he did that which was evil, because he did not set his heart to seek LORD.
And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet. His disease was exceedingly great, yet in his disease he did not seek for LORD, but to the physicians.
If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, [Thou are] my confidence; if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
Why does the wicked man despise God, and say in his heart, Thou will not require [it]?
The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good. LORD looked down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God. They are all gone aside. They are together become filthy. There is none who does good, no, not one.
It is better to take refuge in LORD than to put confidence in man.
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me, because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD. They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.read more.
Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
O generation, see ye the word of LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, We have broken loose. We will come no more to thee?
Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name. For they have devoured Jacob. Yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they turn to look after them. And they shall know that I am lord LORD.
Their doings will not allow them to turn to their God, for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they do not know LORD. And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity. Judah also shall stumble with them. They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek LORD, but they shall not find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.
And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, [and] the name of the Chemarim with the priests,
