'Seek' in the Bible

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who didn't seek me. I was revealed to those who didn't ask for me."

"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."

Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."