27 Bible Verses about Not Seeking God
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Jehovah looked down from Heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God.
God looked down from Heaven on the sons of mankind to see if any was discerning, who was seeking God.
Through the pride of his face the wicked will not seek Him; There is no God in all his schemes.
For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them, nor do they seek Jehovah of Hosts.
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and lean on horses and trust in chariots, because it is great; and in horsemen, because they are so very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Jehovah!
For the pastors have become stupid, and have not sought Jehovah, therefore they shall not be blessed, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. And they do not return to Jehovah their God, nor seek Him in all this.
I am sought by those who asked not for Me; I am found by those who did not seek Me. I said, Behold Me, behold Me, to a nation not calling on My name.
But Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek Me, I became known to those who did not ask after Me."
and those drawing back from Jehovah, and who have not sought Jehovah, nor asked for Him.
I will go; I will return to My place until they confess their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will seek Me diligently.
How can you believe, you who receive honor from one another and do not seek the honor that comes from God only?
And he did the evil because he did not prepare his heart to seek Jehovah.
And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa was diseased in his feet, until his disease was very grievous. Yet in his disease he did not seek to Jehovah, but to the physicians.
If I have made gold my hope, or have called fine gold my trust; if I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
Why do the wicked condemn God? He has said in his heart, You will not judge.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, there is none who does good. Jehovah looked down from Heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God. All have gone aside, together they are filthy; there is none who does good, no, not one.
Then they shall call upon me, and I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; instead they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of Jehovah. They would have none of my counsel; they despised all my correction,read more.
and they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own desires.
O generation, see the Word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, We roam freely; we will come no more to You?
Pour out Your fury on the nations who do not know You, and on the families who do not call on Your name; for they have eaten up Jacob and have devoured him, and have destroyed him, and have made his dwelling desolate.
And it shall never again be the hope of the house of Israel, recalling the iniquity of their turning after them. And they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.
Their doings will not allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of fornication is in their midst, and they have not known Jehovah. And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. So Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find Him. He has withdrawn Himself from them.
I will also stretch out My hand on Judah and on all the people of Jerusalem. And I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, the name of the idol-worshipers, with the priests,