'Seeketh' in the Bible

And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

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

Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?

And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more may this Benjamite now do it ? let him alone, and let him curse; for Jehovah hath bidden him.

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

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

A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.

That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

He that is too impoverished for'such an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.

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.

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah; because they have called thee an outcast,'saying , It is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

And they shall bear their iniquity: the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of him that seeketh unto him ;

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:

An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.

He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?

But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;

What then? that which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil;

Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.