Seeking God

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.

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

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

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

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.

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.

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

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. — read the full passage →

Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near: — read the full passage →

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

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

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.

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.

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. — read the full passage →

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.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

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 while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:

For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;

Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”

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.

“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God, — read the full passage →

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.

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

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.

The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

“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 →

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.”

I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

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.

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

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.

I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.

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

“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 →

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.

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

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 →

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one. — read the full passage →

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

For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live; — 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 →

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

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 →

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.

Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.

Thus says Yahweh of Armies: “Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come; — 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.

“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.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

‘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 →

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

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. — read the full passage →

Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

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

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light. — 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.

In that day I will raise up the tent of David who is fallen, and close up its breaches, and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old; — read the full passage →

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 →

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

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.

Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

For the children of Israel shall live many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols. — read the full passage →

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.

“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound. — read the full passage →

In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Yahweh their God.

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.

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. — read the full passage →

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 →

The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded: — read the full passage →

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

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 →

With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, — read the full passage →

Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations, where Yahweh will lead you away. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

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 →

He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought Yahweh, God made him to prosper.

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth. — read the full passage →

Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel. — read the full passage →

For thus says Yahweh to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live; — read the full passage →