59 Bible Verses about seeking

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Psalm 53:2

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

John 18:7

Then he asked them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

Psalm 63:9

But those that seek my soul to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Acts 17:27

That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he is not far from every one of us:

Psalm 24:6

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

Psalm 105:4

Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

Luke 19:3

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man may labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yes further; though a wise man thinketh to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

John 7:34

Ye will seek me, and will not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

1 Samuel 22:23

Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.

Isaiah 34:16

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

Amos 8:12

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.

Psalm 34:10

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

Matthew 13:45

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking goodly pearls:

John 6:26

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were satisfied.

Jeremiah 5:1

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its broad places, if ye can find a man, if there is any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

John 1:38

Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith to them, What seek ye? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Master) where dwellest thou?

Isaiah 65:1

I am sought by them that asked not for me; I am found by them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, to a nation that was not called by my name.

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Crowds Seeking

Luke 4:42

And when it was day, he departed, and went into a desert place; and the people sought him, and came to him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

Many Seeking Salvation

Matthew 13:17

For verily I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear the things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Not Seeking God

Psalm 14:2

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

Seeking A Sign

Genesis 24:14

And 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 drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and by that shall I know that thou hast shown kindness to my master.

Seeking But Not Finding People

Song of Solomon 3:1

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Seeking Christ

Mark 1:37

And when they had found him, they said to him, All men seek for thee.

Seeking Food

Leviticus 25:20

And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow nor gather in our increase:

Seeking For Abstract Things

Proverbs 11:27

He that diligently seeketh good procureth favor: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come to him.

Seeking For Concrete Things

Leviticus 10:16

And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left alive, saying,

Seeking God

Acts 17:27

That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he is not far from every one of us:

Seeking Signs

Isaiah 7:11

Ask thee a sign from the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the hight above.

Seeking Things Above

Colossians 3:1-2

If ye then be raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Seeking Water

Psalm 63:1

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

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