59 Bible Verses about seeking

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Job 5:8

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

Psalm 53:2

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

John 18:7

Again therefore he asked them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

Psalm 63:9

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Acts 17:27

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:

Psalm 24:6

This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, even Jacob. Selah

Psalm 105:4

Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.

Luke 19:3

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

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.

John 7:34

Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.

1 Samuel 22:23

Abide thou with me, fear not; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

Isaiah 34:16

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.

Amos 8:12

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.

Psalm 34:10

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.

Matthew 13:45

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls:

John 6:26

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.

Jeremiah 5:1

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.

John 1:38

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?

Isaiah 65:1

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.

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Crowds Seeking

Luke 4:42

And 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 13:17

For 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 14:2

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

Seeking A Sign

Genesis 24:14

And 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 3:1

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Seeking Christ

Mark 1:37

and they found him, and say unto him, All are seeking thee.

Seeking Food

Leviticus 25:20

And 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 11:27

He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

Seeking For Concrete Things

Leviticus 10:16

And 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 17:27

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:

Seeking Signs

Isaiah 7:11

Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

Seeking Things Above

Colossians 3:1-2

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

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