59 Bible Verses about seeking

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call upon Him while He is near.

If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.’

When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.”

“But as for me, I would seek God,
And I would place my cause before God;

God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there is anyone who understands,
Who seeks after God.

Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor.

Therefore He again asked them, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

But those who seek my life to destroy it,
Will go into the depths of the earth.

that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

This is the generation of those who seek Him,
Who seek Your face—even Jacob. Selah.

One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:
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 meditate in His temple.

Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His face continually.

For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His face continually.

Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not discover; and though the wise man should say, “I know,” he cannot discover.

You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

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

Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Seek from the book of the Lord, and read:
Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.

There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God;

“People will stagger from sea to sea
And from the north even to the east;
They will go to and fro to seek the word of the Lord,
But they will not find it.

The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.

“I love those who love me;
And those who diligently seek me will find me.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.

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

“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.

Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

“Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
And look now and take note.
And seek in her open squares,
If you can find a man,
If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth,
Then I will pardon her.

And Jesus turned and saw them following, and *said to them, “What do you seek?” They said to Him, “Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?”

“I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me;
I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To a nation which did not call on My name.