59 Bible Verses about seeking

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Job 5:8

"But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

Psalm 53:2

God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.

John 18:7

Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

Psalm 63:9

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

Acts 17:27

that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

Psalm 24:6

This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face -- even Jacob. Selah.

Psalm 105:4

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.

John 7:34

You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come."

1 Samuel 22:23

Stay with me, don't be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For with me you shall be in safeguard."

Isaiah 34:16

Search in the book of Yahweh, and read: not one of these will be missing. none will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

Amos 8:12

They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of Yahweh, and will not find it.

Psalm 34:10

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

Matthew 13:45

"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

John 6:26

Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.

Jeremiah 5:1

"Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.

John 1:38

Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), "where are you staying?"

Isaiah 65:1

"I am inquired of by those who didn't ask; I am found by those who didn't seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name.

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Crowds Seeking

Luke 4:42

When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn't go away from them.

Many Seeking Salvation

Matthew 13:17

For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.

Not Seeking God

Psalm 14:2

Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.

Seeking A Sign

Genesis 24:14

Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,' and she will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,' -- let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."

Seeking But Not Finding People

Song of Solomon 3:1

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.

Seeking Christ

Mark 1:37

and they found him, and told him, "Everyone is looking for you."

Seeking Food

Leviticus 25:20

If you said, "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 who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

Seeking For Concrete Things

Leviticus 10:16

Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burned: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,

Seeking God

Acts 17:27

that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

Seeking Signs

Isaiah 7:11

"Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."

Seeking Things Above

Colossians 3:1-2

If then you 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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