59 Bible Verses about seeking
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But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you;
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 the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
I would certainly seek God, and unto God would I commit my affairs;
God looked down from heaven upon the sons of Adam to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
But those that sought my soul, to destroy it, descended into the lower parts of the earth.
that they should seek the Lord, if in any manner they might reach out to touch him and find him though he is not far from each one of us;
This is the generation of those that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the LORD and to enquire in his temple.
Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually.
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
And he sought to see who Jesus was and could not for the crowd because he was small of stature.
And I have seen regarding all the works of God that man cannot attain to understand the work that is being done under the sun, because though a man labours to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; even though the wise man says that he knows it, yet he shall not be able to attain it.
Ye shall seek me and shall not find me, and where I shall be, ye shall not be able to come.
Then they shall call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
But without faith it is impossible to please God; for he that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him.
Abide thou with me; do not fear, for he that seeks my life seeks thy life; it is good that thou shalt be kept with me.
If ye then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where the Christ sits at the right hand of God.
Seek ye out that which is written in the book of the LORD and read; if one of these is lacking, none is missing with his mate, for his mouth has commanded it, and his same Spirit has gathered them.
and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
Jod The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but those that seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
For do I now persuade men or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the slave of Christ.
Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls,
I will seek that which was lost and bring again that which was driven away and will bind up that which was broken and will strengthen that which was sick but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them in judgment.
Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye have seen the signs, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled.
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not your things, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem and see now and find out and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that execute judgment, that seek the truth; and I will pardon the city.
Then Jesus turned and saw them following and said unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Master), where dwellest thou?
I was sought of those that did not ask for me; I was found of those that did not seek me; I said, Here I am, Here I am, unto a people that did not invoke my name.
Topics on Seeking
Advice, Seeking Advice
Proverbs 12:15The way of the fool is right in his own eyes, but he that hears counsel is wise.
Crowds Seeking
Luke 4:42And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place, and the people sought him and came unto him and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
Many Seeking Salvation
Matthew 13:17For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see and have not seen them and to hear those things which ye hear and have not heard them.
Not Seeking God
Psalm 14:2The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand and seek God.
Not Seeking People
Leviticus 19:31Do not return unto spiritists or seek after diviners, to be defiled by them. I AM your God.
Seeking A Sign
Genesis 24:14And let it come to pass that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels to drink also; let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy slave Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shown mercy unto my master.
Seeking But Not Finding People
Song of Solomon 3:1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him.
Seeking Christ
Mark 1:37And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.
Seeking Food
Leviticus 25:20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow nor gather in our fruits,
Seeking For Abstract Things
Proverbs 11:27He that seeks good early shall find favour, but unto him that seeks evil, it shall come upon him.
Seeking For Concrete Things
Leviticus 10:16And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin, and, behold, it was burnt up, and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left alive, saying,
Seeking God
Acts 17:27that they should seek the Lord, if in any manner they might reach out to touch him and find him though he is not far from each one of us;
Seeking God's Strength
1 Chronicles 16:11Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
Seeking Honour
Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat much honey, so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Seeking Life
Luke 17:33Whosoever shall seek to save his soul shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it shall cause it to live.
Seeking Signs
Isaiah 7:11Ask a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Seeking The Favour Of God
Galatians 1:10For do I now persuade men or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the slave of Christ.
Seeking The Welfare
Jeremiah 29:7And 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 the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Seeking Things Above
Colossians 3:1-2If ye then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where the Christ sits at the right hand of God.
Seeking Water
Psalm 63:1O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh longs for thee in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water;