14 occurrences

'Seek' in the Bible

and commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers and to observe the law and the commandment.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OT

and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

Verse ConceptsRejection Of God, Results OfForsaking God

They entered into the covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and soul;

and whoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

Verse ConceptsSeeking GodSmallnessDeath Penalty For Heresy

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa became diseased in his feet. His disease was severe, yet even in his disease he did not seek the Lord, but the physicians.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesdisabilitiesHealingHelpfulnessSeeking GodDiseaseSicknessIllnessNot Seeking God

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father David’s earlier days and did not seek the Baals,

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesImitating Good KingsGod With Specific People

But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God.”

Verse ConceptsReformationRenewed Heart

Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfAskingFastingDirectionFasting And Prayer

So Judah gathered together to seek help from the Lord; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek the Lord.

He continued to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding through the vision of God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God prospered him.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceFormulas For SuccessReverence, And BlessingSuccessSports

everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfPurgingYouthful Devotionteenager

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