26 Bible Verses about Not Seeking God

The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;

The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

But the heart of the people was not turned to him who sent punishment on them, and they made no prayer to the Lord of armies.

Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;

For the keepers of the sheep have become like beasts, not looking to the Lord for directions: so they have not done wisely and all their flocks have been put to flight.

And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; but for all this, they have not gone back to the Lord their God, or made search for him.

Salvation is far from evil-doers; for they have made no search for your rules.

I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.

And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.

I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.

How is it possible for you to have faith while you take honour one from another and have no desire for the honour which comes from the only God?

And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.

In the thirty-ninth year of his rule, Asa had a very bad disease of the feet; but he did not go to the Lord for help in his disease, but to medical men.

If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you; If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;

Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good. The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God. They have all gone out of the way together; they are unclean, there is not one who does good, no, not one.

It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.

Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me: For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord: They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.read more.
So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?

Let your wrath be let loose on the nations which have no knowledge of you, and on the families who give no worship to your name: for they have made a meal of Jacob, truly they have made a meal of him and put an end to him and made his fields a waste.

And Egypt will no longer be the hope of the children of Israel, causing sin to come to mind when their eyes are turned to them: and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord. And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; and Ephraim will have a fall through his sins, and the fall of Judah will be the same as theirs. They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.

And my hand will be stretched out on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem, cutting off the name of the Baal from this place, and the name of the false priests,