59 Bible Verses about seeking
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But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you 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 its peace shall you have peace.
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
That they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek your 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 inquire in his temple.
Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
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 little of stature.
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 labors to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover; though a wise man thinks to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, there you cannot come.
Then shall they 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 him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Abide you with me, fear not: for he that seeks my life seeks your life: but with me you shall be safe.
If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God.
Seek you from out of the book of the LORD, and read: not one of these shall fail, none shall lack her mate: for my mouth has commanded it, and his 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.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
For do I now seek the favor of men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking fine pearls:
I will seek those who were lost, and bring again those who were driven away, and will bind up those who were broken, and will strengthen those who were sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, You seek me, not because you saw the miracles, but because you did eat 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 yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its broad places, if you can find a man, if there is any that executes justice, that seeks the truth; and I will pardon it.
Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said unto them, What seek you? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher,) where do you dwell?
I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
Topics on Seeking
Advice, Seeking Advice
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto 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 would have kept 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 you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you 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 19:31Regard not mediums, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
Seeking A Sign
Genesis 24:14And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down your pitcher, I pray you, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also: let the same be she that you have appointed for your servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that you have showed kindness 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 found him not.
Seeking Christ
Mark 1:37And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek you.
Seeking Food
Leviticus 25:20And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
Seeking For Abstract Things
Proverbs 11:27He that diligently seeks good procures favor: but he that seeks evil, it shall come unto him.
Seeking For Concrete Things
Leviticus 10:16And 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 17:27That they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every 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 out their own glory is not glory.
Seeking Life
Luke 17:33Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Seeking Signs
Isaiah 7:11Ask a sign of the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Seeking The Favour Of God
Galatians 1:10For do I now seek the favor of men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant 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 its peace shall you have peace.
Seeking Things Above
Colossians 3:1-2If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits 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, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;