Zephaniah 2:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

Seek ye

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Seek righteousness

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Hid

Bible References

Seek ye

Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!

Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

However, you must confess that you have done wrong, and that you have rebelled against the Lord your God. You must confess that you have given yourself to foreign gods under every green tree, and have not obeyed my commands,' says the Lord.

"If you, Israel, want to come back," says the Lord, "if you want to come back to me you must get those disgusting idols out of my sight and must no longer go astray.

When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

The arrogance of Israel testifies against him, yet they refuse to return to the Lord their God! In spite of all this they refuse to seek him!

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.

The Lord says this to the family of Israel: "Seek me so you can live!

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.

All

You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,' says the Lord.

Let the oppressed eat and be filled! Let those who seek his help praise the Lord! May you live forever!

The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

when God arose to execute judgment, and to deliver all the oppressed of the earth. (Selah)

For the Lord takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him.

"The Lord who rules over all says, 'The fast of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will become joyful and happy, pleasant feasts for the house of Judah, so love truth and peace.'

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God's sight.

Seek righteousness

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.

It may

He replied, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought, 'Perhaps the Lord will show pity and the child will live.

Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love -- often relenting from calamitous punishment.

Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.

Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die."

Hid

Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.

then you will say, 'It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck Egypt and delivered our households.'" The people bowed down low to the ground,

You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men; you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks.

For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king --

The name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.

Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over!

I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence. You will escape with your life because you trust in me. I, the Lord, affirm it!"'"

Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. But I will allow you to escape with your life wherever you go."'"

Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,