27 Bible Verses about Not Seeking God
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The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.
God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.
The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
Yet the people have not turned to him who struck them, neither have they sought the LORD of hosts.
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, and they do not seek the LORD.
For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of the LORD: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they haven't returned to the LORD their God, nor sought him, for all this.
"I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me. I was near to those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am. Here I am.' to a nation that did not call on my name.
Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me. I was revealed to those who did not ask for me."
those who have turned back from following the LORD, and those who haven't sought the LORD nor inquired after him.
I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly."
How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
He did that which was evil, because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD.
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but to the physicians.
"If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;' If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
Why does the wicked person condemn God, and say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good. The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God. They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.
Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me; because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD. They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.read more.
Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
Generation, consider the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, 'We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?'
Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you, and on the families that do not call on your name: for they have devoured Jacob, yes, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation."
It shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to memory, when they turn to look after them: and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD."'"
Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD. The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them. They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.
I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
