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

If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;

Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

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

They have stricken me, you shall say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Lest the LORD sees it, and it displeases him, and he turns away his wrath from him.

For better it is that it be said unto you, Come up here; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.

See a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Evil men understand not justice: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his good.

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases: but the righteous shall see their fall.

See you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope for a fool than for him.

Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD.