5 Bible Verses about Seeking The Welfare

And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in its peace shall you have peace.

For I have no man like minded, who will naturally care for your state.

Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.

Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech you, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakens the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeks not the welfare of this people, but the harm.