'Seek' in the Bible

For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

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

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

Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying.

For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things.

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

“Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?

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?”

At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why do You speak with her?”

“I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?

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.

“Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?”

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

What is this statement that He said, ‘You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

Then He said again to them, “I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.”

I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.

But I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges.

Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and *said to them, “Whom do you seek?”

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

Jesus answered, “I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way,”

So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,’

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;

to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

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

does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,

So also you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek to abound for the edification of the church.

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.

They eagerly seek you, not commendably, but they wish to shut you out so that you will seek them.

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

Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account.

nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as apostles of Christ we might have asserted our authority.

See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.

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.

“He must turn away from evil and do good;He must seek peace and pursue it.

And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.