5 Bible Verses about Seeking The Welfare

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

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

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

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

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