'Seeking' in the Bible

And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

And behold, as Barak pursued Sis'era, Ja'el went out to meet him, and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking." So he went in to her tent; and there lay Sis'era dead, with the tent peg in his temple.

His father and mother did not know that it was from the LORD; for he was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. At that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell in; for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had fallen to them.

For Mordecai the Jew was second to king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the welfare of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

Lo, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children.

I have been young, and now am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread:

And a throne shall be established in mercy: and in the tent of David there shall sit upon it, in truth, one judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.

But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find it.

But while he was yet speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, seeking to speak to thee.

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls;

And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.

And the Pharisees went out and began to dispute against him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

Now the passover and the feast of unleavened bread was after two days. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might seize him by subtlety and kill him.

and not having found him they returned to Jerusalem seeking him.

When the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest; and not finding any he says, I will return to my house whence I came out.

watching him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

And he spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit upon it and did not find any.

And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless?

when therefore the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they got into the ships, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult;

For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

But Esaias is very bold, and says, I have been found by those not seeking me; I have become manifest to those not inquiring after me.

Even as I also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

Now if in seeking to be justified in Christ we also have been found sinners, then is Christ minister of sin? Far be the thought.

nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been a charge as Christ's apostles;

Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,

For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;

Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.