15 Bible Verses about Seeking For Abstract Things

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,
But he who seeks evil, evil will come to him.

Seek good and not evil, that you may live;
And thus may the Lord God of hosts be with you,
Just as you have said!

Seek the Lord,
All you humble of the earth
Who have carried out His ordinances;
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
Perhaps you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.

If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;

“I love those who love me;
And those who diligently seek me will find me.

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

and that He has brought you near, Korah, and all your brothers, sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking for the priesthood also?

But you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I am going to bring disaster on all flesh,’ declares the Lord, ‘but I will give your life to you as booty in all the places where you may go.’”

From then on he began looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus.

Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.

As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;

For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;