'Pursuit' in the Bible

but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

But make His Kingdom the object of your pursuit, and these things shall be given you in addition.

And they will say to you, 'See there!' 'See here!' Do not start off and go in pursuit.

To what conclusion does this bring us? Why, that the Gentiles, who were not in pursuit of righteousness, have overtaken it--a righteousness, however, which arises from faith;

while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one.

How then does the matter stand? It stands thus. That which Israel are in earnest pursuit of, they have not obtained; but God's chosen servants have obtained it, and the rest have become hardened.

And in this they became a warning to us, to teach us not to be eager, as they were eager, in pursuit of what is evil.

Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may prophesy.

Let him turn from evil, and do good; Let him inquire for peace and go in pursuit of it.

So also Sodom and Gomorrah--and the neighboring towns in the same manner--having been guilty of gross fornication and having gone astray in pursuit of unnatural vice, are now before us as a specimen of the fire of the Ages in the punishment which they are undergoing.

And when the Dragon saw that he was hurled down to the earth, he went in pursuit of the woman who had given birth to the male child.