59 Bible Verses about seeking

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Psalm 53:2

God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, One seeking God.

John 18:7

Again, therefore, he questioned them, 'Whom do ye seek?' and they said, 'Jesus the Nazarene;'

Psalm 63:9

And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.

Acts 17:27

to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, -- though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,

Psalm 24:6

This is a generation of those seeking Him. Seeking Thy face, O Jacob! Selah.

Psalm 105:4

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek ye His face continually.

Philippians 2:21

for the whole seek their own things, not the things of the Christ Jesus,

Luke 19:3

and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small,

Ecclesiastes 8:17

then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

John 7:34

ye will seek me, and ye shall not find; and where I am, ye are not able to come.'

1 Samuel 22:23

dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge art thou with me.'

Isaiah 34:16

Seek out of the book of Jehovah, and read, One of these hath not been lacking, None hath missed its companion, For My mouth -- it hath commanded, And His spirit -- He hath gathered them.

Amos 8:12

And they have wandered from sea unto sea, And from north even unto east, They go to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, And they do not find.

Matthew 13:45

'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,

John 6:26

Jesus answered them and said, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were satisfied;

Jeremiah 5:1

Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness -- Then am I propitious to her.

John 1:38

And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, 'What seek ye?' and they said to them, 'Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?'

Isaiah 65:1

I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, 'Behold Me, behold Me,' Unto a nation not calling in My name.

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Crowds Seeking

Luke 4:42

And day having come, having gone forth, he went on to a desert place, and the multitudes were seeking him, and they came unto him, and were staying him -- not to go on from them,

Many Seeking Salvation

Matthew 13:17

for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.

Not Seeking God

Psalm 14:2

Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.

Seeking A Sign

Genesis 24:14

and it hath been, the young person unto whom I say, Incline, I pray thee, thy pitcher, and I drink, and she hath said, Drink, and I water also thy camels) -- her Thou hast decided for Thy servant, for Isaac; and by it I know that Thou hast done kindness with my lord.'

Seeking But Not Finding People

Song of Solomon 3:1

On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!

Seeking Christ

Mark 1:37

and having found him, they say to him, -- 'All do seek thee;'

Seeking Food

Leviticus 25:20

'And when ye say, What do we eat in the seventh year, lo, we do not sow, nor gather our increase?

Seeking For Abstract Things

Proverbs 11:27

Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.

Seeking For Concrete Things

Leviticus 10:16

And the goat of the sin-offering hath Moses diligently sought, and lo, it is burnt, and he is wroth against Eleazar, and against Ithamar, sons of Aaron, who are left, saying,

Seeking God

Acts 17:27

to seek the Lord, if perhaps they did feel after Him and find, -- though, indeed, He is not far from each one of us,

Seeking Signs

Isaiah 7:11

Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make it high upwards.'

Seeking Things Above

Colossians 3:1-2

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

Seeking Water

Psalm 63:1

A Psalm of David, in his being in the wilderness of Judah. O God, Thou art my God, earnestly do I seek Thee, Thirsted for Thee hath my soul, Longed for Thee hath my flesh, In a land dry and weary, without waters.

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