59 Bible Verses about seeking

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Job 5:8

But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;

Psalm 53:2

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

John 18:7

He demanded of them therefore again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus the Nazaraean.

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 may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:

Psalm 24:6

This is the generation of them that seek unto him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Psalm 105:4

Seek Jehovah and his strength, seek his face continually;

Philippians 2:21

For all seek their own things, not the things of Jesus Christ.

Luke 19:3

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

Ecclesiastes 8:17

then I saw that all is the work of God, and that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek it out, yet doth he not find it; and even, if a wise man think to know it, he shall not be able to find it out.

John 7:34

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

1 Samuel 22:23

Abide with me, fear not; for he that seeks my life seeks thy life; for with me thou art in safe keeping.

Isaiah 34:16

Search ye in the book of Jehovah and read: not one of these shall fail, one shall not have to seek for the other; 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 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 are in need and suffer hunger; but they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good.

Matthew 13:45

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls;

John 6:26

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me not because ye have seen signs, but because ye have eaten of the loaves and been filled.

Jeremiah 5:1

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broadways thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justice, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it.

John 1:38

But Jesus having turned, and seeing them following, says to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi (which, being interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?

Isaiah 65:1

I am sought out of them that inquired not for me, I am found of them that sought me not; I have 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 went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and would have kept him back 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 have desired to see the things which ye behold and did not see them, and to hear the things which ye hear and did not hear them.

Not Seeking God

Psalm 14:2

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

Seeking A Sign

Genesis 24:14

And let it come to pass, that the maiden to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink, and who will say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also, be she whom thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and hereby I shall know that thou hast dealt kindly with my master.

Seeking But Not Finding People

Song of Solomon 3:1

On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Seeking Christ

Mark 1:37

and having found him, they say to him, All seek thee.

Seeking Food

Leviticus 25:20

And if ye say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our produce;

Seeking For Abstract Things

Proverbs 11:27

He that is earnest after good seeketh favour; but he that searcheth for mischief, it shall come upon him.

Seeking For Concrete Things

Leviticus 10:16

And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and behold, it was burnt up: then he was wroth with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying,

Seeking God

Acts 17:27

that they may seek God; if indeed they might feel after him and find him, although he is not far from each one of us:

Seeking Signs

Isaiah 7:11

Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God; ask for it in the deep, or in the height above.

Seeking Things Above

Colossians 3:1-2

If therefore ye have been raised with the Christ, seek the things which are above, where the Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God:

Seeking Water

Psalm 63:1

{A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

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