Seek First

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

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.

You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.

But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? — read the full passage →

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.”

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple. — read the full passage →

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” — read the full passage →

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

Whatever you will ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power.”

Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God,

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ — read the full passage →

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, produces death.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I commanded the assemblies of Galatia, you do likewise.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit the Kingdom of God.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

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.”

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings, — read the full passage →

Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things.

But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.