Thematic Bible: Seekers
Thematic Bible
Seekers » Examples of
With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!
I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our property.
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."
Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the Lord God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord God of their ancestors.
My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord.
He followed God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed the Lord, God caused him to succeed.
He said to the people of Judah: "Let's build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides." So they built the cities and prospered.
but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.
Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob's descendants, who pray to him. (Selah)
Seekers » Promises to
"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
Won't God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?
But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.
Seekers » Instances of » Jehoshaphat
The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David's footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals, but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.
Seekers » Instances of » hezekiah
He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God's temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.
Seekers » Instances of » The magi
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem saying, "Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."
Seekers » Instances of » Uzziah
He followed God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed the Lord, God caused him to succeed.
Seekers » Instances of » Josiah
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.
Seekers » Instances of » Daniel
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way: "O Lord, great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant with those who love him and keep his commandments,
Seekers » Instances of » -ezra
Now Ezra had dedicated himself to the study of the law of the Lord, to its observance, and to teaching its statutes and judgments in Israel.
Seekers » Instances of » Asa
He said to the people of Judah: "Let's build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides." So they built the cities and prospered.
Seekers » Instances of » David
I sought the Lord's help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.