59 Bible Verses about seeking

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Job 5:8

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

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 asked he them again, Whom seek you? 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 perhaps they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

Psalm 24:6

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

Psalm 105:4

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

Philippians 2:21

For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

Luke 19:3

And he sought to see who Jesus 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 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.

John 7:34

You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, there you cannot come.

1 Samuel 22:23

Abide you with me, fear not: for he that seeks my life seeks your life: but with me you shall be safe.

Isaiah 34:16

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.

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 lack any good thing.

Matthew 13:45

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking fine pearls:

John 6:26

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.

Jeremiah 5:1

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.

John 1:38

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?

Isaiah 65:1

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.

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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 unto him, and would have kept him, that he should not depart from them.

Many Seeking Salvation

Matthew 13:17

For 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 14:2

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 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 3:1

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

Seeking Christ

Mark 1:37

And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek you.

Seeking Food

Leviticus 25:20

And 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 11:27

He that diligently seeks good procures favor: but he that seeks evil, it shall come unto 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 perhaps they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

Seeking Signs

Isaiah 7:11

Ask a sign of the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

Seeking Things Above

Colossians 3:1-2

If 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;

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