Thematic Bible: Ensures
Thematic Bible
Seeking God » Ensures » His being found
“I love those who love me;
And those who seek me early and diligently will find me.
“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father [have personal knowledge of Him, be acquainted with, and understand Him; appreciate, heed, and cherish Him] and serve Him with a blameless heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and minds, and understands every intent and inclination of the thoughts. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him as your first and vital necessity] He will let you find Him; but if you abandon (turn away from) Him, He will reject you forever.
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Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Verse Concepts
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.
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Seeking God » Ensures » Life
The humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive and live.
For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel,
“Seek Me [search diligently for Me and regard Me as more essential than food] so that you may live.
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“Seek the Lord [search diligently for Him and long for Him as your most essential need] so that you may live,
Or He will rush down like a [devouring] fire, O
And there will be no one to quench the flame for [idolatrous]
Seeking God » Ensures » His favor
The Lord is good to those who wait [confidently] for Him,
To those who seek Him [on the authority of God’s word].
Seeking God » Ensures » Understanding all things
Evil men do not understand justice,
But they who long for and seek the Lord understand it fully.
Seeking God » Ensures » Gifts of righteousness
Sow with a view to righteousness [that righteousness, like seed, may germinate];
Reap in accordance with mercy and lovingkindness.
Break up your uncultivated ground,
For it is time to seek and search diligently for the Lord [and to long for His blessing]
Until He comes to rain righteousness and His gift of salvation on you.
Seeking God » Ensures » His not forsaking us
And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.
Seeking God » Ensures » Being heard of him
I sought the Lord [on the authority of His word], and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
Seeking God » Ensures » His protection
For I was ashamed to request troops and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy along the way, because we had told the king, “The hand of our God is favorable toward all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who abandon (turn away from) Him.”
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Seeking God » Ensures » Prosperity
If you will seek God diligently and make your supplication to the Almighty, Then, if you are pure and upright, surely He will bestir Himself for you and make your righteous dwelling prosperous again.