Hosea 5:15
I will go away and return to My place [on high]
Until they acknowledge their offense and bear their guilt and seek My face;
In their distress they will earnestly seek Me, saying,
Psalm 78:34
When He killed [some of] them, then those remaining sought Him,
And they returned [to Him] and searched diligently for God [for a time].
Isaiah 26:16
O Lord, they sought You in distress;
They managed only a prayerful whisper
When Your discipline was upon them.
Jeremiah 2:27
Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their backs to Me,
And not their faces;
But in the time of their trouble they will say,
‘Arise [O Lord] and save us.’
Leviticus 26:40-42
‘If they confess their wickedness and the wickedness of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they have committed against Me—and also in their acting with hostility toward Me—
Psalm 50:15
Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”
Jeremiah 3:13
‘Only understand fully and acknowledge your wickedness and guilt,
That you have rebelled (transgressed) against the Lord your God
And have scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the Lord.
Ezekiel 6:9
Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be exiled, how I have been broken by their lewdness and their adulterous hearts which have turned away from Me, and by their eyes which lust after their idols; and they will loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed, for all their repulsive acts.
Exodus 25:21-22
You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony which I will give you.
Deuteronomy 4:29-31
But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Deuteronomy 30:1-3
“So it shall be when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you
Judges 4:3
Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help], for Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots and had oppressed and tormented the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.
Judges 6:6-7
So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help].
Judges 10:10-16
Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord [for help], saying, “We have sinned against You, because we have abandoned (rejected) our God and have served the Baals.”
1 Kings 8:10-13
Now it happened that when the priests had come out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the Lord’s house,
1 Kings 8:47-48
if they
2 Chronicles 6:36-37
“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and hand them over to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to a land far away or near,
2 Chronicles 7:14
and My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
But when he was in distress, he sought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Nehemiah 1:8-9
Please remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful and violate your obligations to Me I will scatter you [abroad] among the peoples;
Job 27:8-10
“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
Job 33:27
“He sings out to other men,
‘I have sinned and perverted that which was right,
And it was not proper for me!
Psalm 83:16
Fill their faces with shame and disgrace,
That they may [persistently] seek Your name, O Lord.
Psalm 132:14
“This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord];
“Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.
Proverbs 1:27-28
When your dread and panic come like a storm,
And your disaster comes like a whirlwind,
When anxiety and distress come upon you [as retribution].
Proverbs 8:17
“I love those who love me;
And those who seek me early and diligently will find me.
Isaiah 26:9
In the night my soul longs for You [O Lord],
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth
Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:21
Listen carefully, the Lord is about to come out of His [heavenly] place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing];
The earth will reveal the [innocent] blood shed upon her
And will no longer cover her slain.
Isaiah 64:5-9
You meet him who rejoices in doing that which is morally right,
Who remembers You in Your ways.
Indeed, You were angry, for we sinned;
We have long continued in our sins [prolonging Your anger].
And shall we be saved [under such circumstances]?
Jeremiah 29:12-14
Then you will call on Me and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear [your voice] and I will listen to you.
Jeremiah 31:18-20
“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
Ezekiel 8:6
Furthermore, He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great repulsive acts which the house of Israel is committing here, to drive Me far away from My sanctuary? But you will again see greater repulsive acts.”
Ezekiel 10:4
Then the glory and brilliance of the Lord moved upward from the cherubim to [rest over] the threshold of the temple; and the temple was filled with the cloud and the courtyard was filled with the brightness of the Lord’s glory.
Ezekiel 11:23
Then the glory and brilliance of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and paused over the mountain, [the Mount of Olives] which is east of the city.
Ezekiel 20:43
There you will remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all your evil deeds which you have done.
Ezekiel 36:31
Then you will remember [clearly] your [own] evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your sins and for your outrageous atrocities.
Daniel 9:4-12
I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed and said, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and extends lovingkindness toward those who love Him and keep His commandments,
Hosea 3:5
Afterward the sons of Israel will return [in deep repentance] and seek the Lord their God and [seek from the line of] David their king [the King of kings—the Messiah]; and they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness and blessing in the last days.
Hosea 5:6
They will go with their flocks and with their herds
To seek the Lord [diligently searching for Him], but they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn from them [refusing to hear the prayers of the unrepentant].
Hosea 14:1-3
For you have stumbled and fallen [visited by tragedy], because of your sin.
Micah 1:3
For behold, the Lord is coming down from His place
He shall come down and tread [in judgment] on the high places of the earth.
Zephaniah 2:1-3
O nation without shame,
Luke 13:25
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They will go with their flocks and with their herds
To seek the Lord [diligently searching for Him], but they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn from them [refusing to hear the prayers of the unrepentant].
“This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord];
“Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.
Listen carefully, the Lord is about to come out of His [heavenly] place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing];
The earth will reveal the [innocent] blood shed upon her
And will no longer cover her slain.
For behold, the Lord is coming down from His place
He shall come down and tread [in judgment] on the high places of the earth.
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For you have stumbled and fallen [visited by tragedy], because of your sin.
“He sings out to other men,
‘I have sinned and perverted that which was right,
And it was not proper for me!
You meet him who rejoices in doing that which is morally right,
Who remembers You in Your ways.
Indeed, You were angry, for we sinned;
We have long continued in our sins [prolonging Your anger].
And shall we be saved [under such circumstances]?
‘Only understand fully and acknowledge your wickedness and guilt,
That you have rebelled (transgressed) against the Lord your God
And have scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the Lord.
“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
In their
“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”
When He killed [some of] them, then those remaining sought Him,
And they returned [to Him] and searched diligently for God [for a time].
Fill their faces with shame and disgrace,
That they may [persistently] seek Your name, O Lord.
When your dread and panic come like a storm,
And your disaster comes like a whirlwind,
When anxiety and distress come upon you [as retribution].
“I love those who love me;
And those who seek me early and diligently will find me.
In the night my soul longs for You [O Lord],
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth
Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their backs to Me,
And not their faces;
But in the time of their trouble they will say,
‘Arise [O Lord] and save us.’
O nation without shame,
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When He killed [some of] them, then those remaining sought Him,
And they returned [to Him] and searched diligently for God [for a time].
Then they will cry out to Me,
“My God, we of Israel know You!”