'Seek' in the Bible

Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, who hath been crucified.

And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

And he saith unto them, Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who hath been crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold, the place where they laid him!

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.

Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?

Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life'shall preserve it.

For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

And Jesus turned, and beheld them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? And they said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), where abideth thou?

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.

Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?

Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.

What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?

He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.

I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say unto you.

Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went forth, and saith unto them, Whom seek ye?

Again therefore he asked them, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

Jesus answered, I told you that I am he ; if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:

And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

And Peter went down to the men, and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

And he went forth to Tarsus to seek for Saul;

That the residue of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,

that they should seek God, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us:

But if ye seek anything about other matters, it shall be settled in the regular assembly.

to them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life:

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

Seeing that Jews ask for signs, and Greeks seek after wisdom:

Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor's good .

So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual gifts , seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church.

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden 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.

seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:

They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

Not that I seek for the gift; but I seek for the fruit that increaseth to your account.

If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after the city which is to come.

And let him turn away from evil, and do good; Let him seek peace, and pursue it.

And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them.