59 Bible Verses about seeking

Most Relevant Verses

Proverbs 2:4


If you seek skillful and godly wisdom as you would silver
And search for her as you would hidden treasures;

Matthew 7:7

“Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.

Psalm 27:8


When You said, “Seek My face [in prayer, require My presence as your greatest need],” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I will seek [on the authority of Your word].”

Job 5:8


“As for me, I would seek God and inquire of Him,
And I would commit my cause to God;

Psalm 53:2


God has looked down from heaven upon the children of men
To see if there is anyone who understands,
Who seeks after God [who requires Him, who longs for Him as essential to life].

John 18:7

Again He asked them, “Whom do you want?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

Psalm 63:9


But those who seek my life to destroy it
Will [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].

Acts 17:27

This was so that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grasp for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

Psalm 24:6


This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need,
Who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob. Selah.

Psalm 105:4


Seek and deeply long for the Lord and His strength [His power, His might];
Seek and deeply long for His face and His presence continually.

Philippians 2:21

For the others [who deserted me after my arrest] all seek [to advance] their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

Luke 19:3

Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, but he could not see because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

and I saw all the work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work that is done under the sun. Even though man may labor in seeking, he will not discover; and [more than that], though a wise man thinks and claims he knows, he will not be able to find it out.

John 7:34

You will look for Me, and will not [be able to] find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

1 Samuel 22:23

Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life, but you are safe with me.”

Colossians 3:1

Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Isaiah 34:16

Seek from the book of the Lord, and read:

Not one of these [creatures] will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.

Amos 8:12


“People shall stagger from sea to sea [to the very ends of the earth]
And from the north even to the east;
They will roam here and there to seek the word of the Lord [longing for it as essential for life],
But they will not find it.

Psalm 34:10


The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry,
But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.

Matthew 13:45

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls,

John 6:26

Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you have been searching for Me, not because you saw the signs (attesting miracles), but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

Jeremiah 5:1

“Roam back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem,
And look now and take note.
And look in her open squares
To see if you can find a man [as Abraham sought in Sodom],
One who is just, who [has integrity and moral courage and] seeks truth (faithfulness);
Then I will pardon Jerusalem—[for the sake of one uncompromisingly righteous person].

John 1:38

And Jesus turned and saw them following Him, and asked them, “What do you want?” They answered Him, “Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?”

Isaiah 65:1

“I let Myself be sought by those who did not ask for Me;
I let Myself be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To the nation [Israel] which did not call on My Name.

Topics on Seeking

Crowds Seeking

Luke 4:42

When daybreak came, Jesus left [Simon Peter’s house] and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and [they] came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving them.

Many Seeking Salvation

Matthew 13:17

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, many prophets and righteous men [who were honorable and in right standing with God] longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

Not Seeking God

Psalm 14:2


The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the children of men
To see if there are any who understand (act wisely),
Who [truly] seek after God, [longing for His wisdom and guidance].

Seeking A Sign

Genesis 24:14

now let it be that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please, let down your jar so that I may [have a] drink,’ and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels water to drink’—may she be the one whom You have selected [as a wife] for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness (faithfulness) to my master.”

Seeking But Not Finding People

Song of Solomon 3:1

(The Shulammite Bride)“On my bed night after night [I dreamed that] I sought the one
Whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.

Seeking Christ

Mark 1:37

and they found Him and said, “Everybody is looking for You!”

Seeking Food

Leviticus 25:20

And if you say, “What are we going to eat in the seventh year if we do not sow [seed] or gather in our crops?”

Seeking For Abstract Things

Proverbs 11:27


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

Seeking For Concrete Things

Leviticus 10:16

But Moses diligently tried to find the goat [that had been offered] as the sin offering, and discovered that it had been burned up [as waste, not eaten]! So he was angry with Aaron’s surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying,

Seeking God

Acts 17:27

This was so that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grasp for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

Seeking Life

Luke 17:33

Whoever seeks to save his life will [eventually] lose it [through death], and whoever loses his life [in this world] will keep it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God].

Seeking Signs

Isaiah 7:11

“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God [one that will convince you that God has spoken and will keep His word]; make your request as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.”

Seeking Things Above

Colossians 3:1-2

Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Seeking Water

Psalm 63:1

O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;
My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Never miss a post

Related Readings

Theasaurus: Seeking