59 Bible Verses about seeking
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But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.'
"But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.
But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
that they should seek God, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek your face?even Jacob. Selah.
One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to see the LORD's beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.
He was trying to see who Jesus was, and could not because of the crowd, because he was short.
then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.
Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
Stay with me, do not be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For with me you shall be in safeguard."
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
Search in the book of the LORD, and read: not one of these will be missing. None will lack her mate. For my mouth has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.
They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of the LORD, and will not find it.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
"I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice."
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.
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 what is yours, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
"Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which translated means Teacher), "where are you staying?"
"I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me. I was near to those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am. Here I am.' to a nation that did not call on my name.
Topics on Seeking
Advice, Seeking Advice
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
Crowds Seeking
Luke 4:42When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the crowds looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he would not go away from them.
Many Seeking Salvation
Matthew 13:17For truly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and did not see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.
Not Seeking God
Psalm 14:2The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.
Not Seeking People
Leviticus 19:31"'Do not turn to spirits of the dead, and do not inquire of familiar spirits, to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
Seeking A Sign
Genesis 24:14Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,' and she will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,'?let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."
Seeking But Not Finding People
Song of Solomon 3:1By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
Seeking Christ
Mark 1:37and they found him, and told him, "Everyone is looking for you."
Seeking Food
Leviticus 25:20If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
Seeking For Abstract Things
Proverbs 11:27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
Seeking For Concrete Things
Leviticus 10:16Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burned: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,
Seeking God
Acts 17:27that they should seek God, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
Seeking God's Strength
1 Chronicles 16:11Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
Seeking Honour
Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
Seeking Life
Luke 17:33Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
Seeking Signs
Isaiah 7:11"Ask a sign of the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."
Seeking The Favour Of God
Galatians 1:10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Seeking The Welfare
Jeremiah 29:7Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.'
Seeking Things Above
Colossians 3:1-2If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
Seeking Water
Psalm 63:1God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.