27 Bible Verses about Not Seeking God
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The LORDlooks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God."
The people did not turn to him who struck them, nor inquire of the LORD of hosts.
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the LORD!
For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the LORD; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him, for all this.
I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here am I, here am I," to a nation that was not called by my name.
Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, "I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me."
those who have turned back from following the LORD, who do not seek the LORD or inquire of him."
I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.
How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet, and his disease became severe. Yet even in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but sought help from physicians.
"If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence, if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much,
Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, "You will not call to account"?
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. The LORDlooks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me. Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD, would have none of my counsel and despised all my reproof,read more.
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
And you, O generation, behold the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, 'We are free, we will come no more to you'?
Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not, and on the peoples that call not on your name, for they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
And it shall never again be the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD."
Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. For the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not the LORD. The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them. With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
"I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,
