59 Bible Verses about seeking
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Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you.
Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened for you.
Work for the good of the city where I have taken you as captives. Pray to Jehovah for that city. When it prospers, you will also prosper.
You said: Seek my face (look for me) (my presence). My heart said to you, O Jehovah, I will look for you.
As for me, I would seek God's help and present my case to him.
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any who understand and seek God.
But those who try to destroy my life will go into the depths of the earth.
God did this so man could seek him and might find him. He is not far from each one of us.
This is the person who seeks him, who searches for the face of the God of Jacob.
I have asked one thing from Jehovah. This I will seek: to live in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to look at Jehovah's beauty and search for an answer in his temple.
Seek Jehovah and seek his strength. Seek his presence constantly!
They all seek their own interest and not the things of Jesus Christ.
I saw all the work of God. A man cannot discover the work that is done under the sun. Though a man labor to seek it out, yet he will not find it. Though a wise man thinks to know it, yet he will not be able to find it.
You will ask for my help, but I will not listen. You will search, but you will not find me.
Without faith it is impossible to please God. He who comes to God must believe that he is and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Stay with me. Do not be afraid. The one who is seeking my life is also seeking your life. You will be under my protection.
If you have been raised together with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Search Jehovah's book and read it out loud. Not one of these animals will be missing. Not one will lack a mate, because Jehovah has commanded it, and his Spirit will gather them together.
They will wander from sea to sea and from the north even to the east. They will run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and will not find it.
Young lions go hungry and may starve, but those who seek Jehovah's help have all the good things they need.
Do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? Am I striving to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
The kingdom of heaven is also like a merchant seeking valuable pearls.
I will seek the lost. I will bring back the scattered. I will bind up the broken and strengthen the sick. The fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.
Jesus said: Truly I tell you, you seek me not because you saw miracles but because you ate of the loaves and were full.
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you. I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you. The children should not provide for the parents, but the parents for the children.
People of Jerusalem, run through your streets! Look around and see for yourselves! Search the marketplaces! Can you find one person who does what is right and tries to be faithful to God? If you can, Jehovah will forgive Jerusalem.
Jesus turned and saw them following. He asked them, What are you after? They asked him: Teacher, where are you staying?
I permitted myself to be sought by those who did not ask for me. Those who did not seek me found me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said: 'Here I am, here I am.'
Topics on Seeking
Advice, Seeking Advice
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes. He who listens to counsel is wise.
Crowds Seeking
Luke 4:42The next day he went to a secluded place. The crowds followed him. They did not want him to leave them.
Many Seeking Salvation
Matthew 13:17Truly, I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things that you see, and could not see them. They also desired to hear the things that you hear, and could not hear them.
Not Seeking God
Psalm 14:2Jehovah looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, if there is anyone who seeks help from God.
Not Seeking People
Leviticus 19:31Do not turn to psychics or mediums to get help. That will make you unclean. I am Jehovah your God.
Seeking A Sign
Genesis 24:14Let there be the girl to whom I say: 'Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and who answers: 'Drink, and I will water your camels also.' May she be the one whom you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown loving-kindness to my master.
Seeking But Not Finding People
Song of Solomon 3:1(The Shulamite) By night on my bed I sought the one I love. I sought him, but I did not find him.
Seeking Food
Leviticus 25:20You may ask: What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not plant or bring in our crops?'
Seeking For Abstract Things
Proverbs 11:27He who diligently seeks good procures favor. He who seeks evil, evil will come to him.
Seeking For Concrete Things
Leviticus 10:16Moses asked about the goat for the sin offering and learned that it had already been burned. This made him angry with Eleazar and Ithamar. He demanded:
Seeking God
Acts 17:27God did this so man could seek him and might find him. He is not far from each one of us.
Seeking God's Strength
1 Chronicles 16:11Search for Jehovah and his strength. Always seek his presence.
Seeking Honour
Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat too much honey. To seek ones own glory is not glory.
Seeking Life
Luke 17:33He who seeks to gain his life will lose it. He who loses his life will preserve it.
Seeking Signs
Isaiah 7:11Ask Jehovah your God for a sign. Ask it in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.
Seeking The Favour Of God
Galatians 1:10Do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? Am I striving to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Seeking The Welfare
Jeremiah 29:7Work for the good of the city where I have taken you as captives. Pray to Jehovah for that city. When it prospers, you will also prosper.
Seeking Things Above
Colossians 3:1-2If you have been raised together with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Seeking Water
Psalm 63:1([[Psalm of David] in the wilderness of Judah:]) O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. I thirst for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.