Then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me:

If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.

They have stricken me,'shalt thou say , and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.

The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.

Many seek the ruler's favor; But a man's judgment cometh from Jehovah.