59 Bible Verses about seeking
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But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto Jehovah for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
When thou saidst , Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:
This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, even Jacob. Selah
One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.
For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.
then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:
And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.
Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls:
I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.
Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
And Jesus turned, and beheld them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? And they said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), where abideth thou?
I am inquired of by them that asked not for me ; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
Topics on Seeking
Advice, Seeking Advice
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
Crowds Seeking
Luke 4:42And when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them.
Many Seeking Salvation
Matthew 13:17For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.
Not Seeking God
Psalm 14:2Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.
Not Seeking People
Leviticus 19:31Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.
Seeking A Sign
Genesis 24:14And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink. And she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also. Let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac. And thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.
Seeking But Not Finding People
Song of Solomon 3:1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Seeking Food
Leviticus 25:20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;
Seeking For Abstract Things
Proverbs 11:27He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.
Seeking For Concrete Things
Leviticus 10:16And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying,
Seeking God
Acts 17:27that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:
Seeking Honour
Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat much honey: So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.
Seeking Life
Luke 17:33Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life'shall preserve it.
Seeking Signs
Isaiah 7:11Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Seeking The Favour Of God
Galatians 1:10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
Seeking The Welfare
Jeremiah 29:7And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto Jehovah for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Seeking Things Above
Colossians 3:1-2If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
Seeking Water
Psalm 63:1O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.