Topic
Seeking
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But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”
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.
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.
I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
God, 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.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.
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.
Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:
Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. — read the full passage →
For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;
Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near: — read the full passage →
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
“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. — read the full passage →
Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh’s anger.
With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. — read the full passage →
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →
I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”
I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
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.
As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one. — read the full passage →
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.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
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.
There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
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.
This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Thus says Yahweh of Armies: “Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come; — read the full passage →
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. — read the full passage →
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God, — read the full passage →
who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.
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 →
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through 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. — read the full passage →
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.
But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live; — read the full passage →
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. — read the full passage →
“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask; I am found by those who didn’t seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name.
Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.
so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. — read the full passage →
The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.
Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built for Yahweh’s name.”
Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.
Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
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.
For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
‘After these things I will return. I will again build the tabernacle of David, which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up, — read the full passage →
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’?
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. — read the full passage →
He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.
The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. — read the full passage →
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Yahweh pardon everyone — read the full passage →
They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul; — read the full passage →
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Or what woman, if she had ten drachmacoins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls, — read the full passage →
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