59 Bible Verses about seeking

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Psalm 53:2

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand, or seek after God.

John 18:7

And he asked them again, "Whom seek ye?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

Psalm 63:9

These also that seek the hurt of my soul, they shall go under the earth.

Acts 17:27

That they should seek God, if they might feel and find him: though he be not far from every one of us.

Psalm 24:6

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

Psalm 105:4

Seek the LORD, and his strength; seek his face evermore.

Philippians 2:21

For all others seek their own, and not that which is Jesus Christ's.

Luke 19:3

And he made means to see Jesus, what he should be: and he could not for the press, because he was of a low stature.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

I understood of all the works of God, that it is not possible for a man, to attain unto works that are done under the Sun: and though he bestow his labour to seek them out, yet can he not reach unto them: yea, though a wise man would undertake to know them, yet might he not find them.

John 7:34

Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: And where I am, thither can ye not come."

1 Samuel 22:23

Abide with me and fear not: he that seeketh thy soul shall seek mine, and with me thou shalt be in safeguard."

Isaiah 34:16

Seek through the scripture of the LORD and read it: There shall none of these things be left out, there shall not one, nor such like, fail. For what his mouth commandeth, that same doth his spirit gather together or fulfill.

Amos 8:12

So that they shall go from the one sea to the other, yea from the north unto the east, running about to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

Psalm 34:10

The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they who seek the LORD shall want no manner of thing that is good.

Matthew 13:45

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant, that seeketh good pearls,

John 6:26

Jesus answered them and said, "Verily, verily I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles: but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.

Jeremiah 5:1

Look through Jerusalem, behold and see. Seek through her streets also within, if ye can find one man, that doth equal and right, or that laboureth to be faithful: and I shall spare him, sayeth the LORD.

John 1:38

And Jesus turned about, and saw them follow, and said unto them, "What seek ye?" They said unto him, "Rabbi," which is to say, by interpretation, "Master: where dwellest thou?"

Isaiah 65:1

They shall seek me, that hitherto have not asked for me, they shall find me, that hitherto have not sought me. Then shall I say immediately to the people that never called upon my name, "I am here, I am here."

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Crowds Seeking

Luke 4:42

As soon as it was day, he departed and went away into a desert place, and the people sought him and came to him, and kept him that he should not depart from them.

Many Seeking Salvation

Matthew 13:17

"Verily I say unto you, that many prophets and perfect men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Not Seeking God

Psalm 14:2

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that would understand and seek after God.

Seeking A Sign

Genesis 24:14

Now the damsel to whom I say, 'stoop down thy pitcher, and let me drink.' If she say, 'Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also,' the same is she that thou hast ordained for thy servant Isaac: yea, and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed mercy on my master.

Seeking But Not Finding People

Song of Solomon 3:1

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

Seeking Christ

Mark 1:37

And when they had found him, they said unto him, "All men seek for thee."

Seeking Food

Leviticus 25:20

"'If ye shall say: What shall we eat the seventh year inasmuch as we shall not sow nor gather in our increase?

Seeking For Abstract Things

Proverbs 11:27

He that laboureth for honesty findeth his desire; but whoso seeketh after mischief, it shall happen unto him.

Seeking For Concrete Things

Leviticus 10:16

And Moses sought for the goat that was the sin offering, and see, it was burnt. And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron, which were left alive, saying,

Seeking God

Acts 17:27

That they should seek God, if they might feel and find him: though he be not far from every one of us.

Seeking Honour

Proverbs 25:27

Like as it is not good to eat too much honey; even so, he that will search out high things, it shall be too heavy for him.

Seeking Signs

Isaiah 7:11

"Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God, from alow beneath, or from on high above."

Seeking Things Above

Colossians 3:1-2

If ye be then risen again with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the righthand 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 also longeth after thee, in a barren and dry land where no water is.

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