Topic

Seeking Gods Will

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Matthew 6:33

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

Romans 12:1–2

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 →

John 5:30

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.

Romans 8:28

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

Matthew 26:39

He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”

Romans 8:27

He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Romans 12:2

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.

Jeremiah 29:13

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

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Romans 16:17

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

Hebrews 11:6

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.

Proverbs 3:5–6

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

1 Timothy 6:3–5

If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 29:12–13

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

Psalms 63:1

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.

1 Chronicles 16:11

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

Psalms 37:4

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

Psalms 14:2

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

2 John 1:9–11

Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 6:9–10

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, — read the full passage →

1 Peter 2:15

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Romans 12:1

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

Galatians 3:28

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 55:6–7

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

Psalms 9:10

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

2 Chronicles 7:14

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.

2 Peter 2:19

promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.

Philippians 1:21–23

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. — read the full passage →

Matthew 7:7–8

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

Zephaniah 2:3

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.

Psalms 119:2

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

Psalms 34:10

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

2 Chronicles 7:15

Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.

1 Chronicles 28:9

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.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

John 3:16

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.

Matthew 28:18–20

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

Matthew 6:10

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

Deuteronomy 4:29

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.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

1 Corinthians 13:1–13

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Matthew 7:7

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Psalms 119:105

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

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 Peter 4:19

Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

James 1:5

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.

Romans 3:11

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

Matthew 13:44–46

“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 →

Matthew 6:31–33

“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 →

Jeremiah 29:11

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.

Isaiah 55:6

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

Proverbs 8:17

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

Revelation 1:1–20

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 →

Ephesians 6:10

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

Acts 2:38

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.

Luke 11:9–10

“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 →

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

Matthew 5:6

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

Amos 5:14

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

Isaiah 24:18–20

It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble. — read the full passage →

2 Chronicles 15:12–15

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 →

Revelation 2:11

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.

1 Peter 1:7

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

James 4:8

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

Hebrews 13:20–21

Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 4:6

If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

1 Timothy 2:4

who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.

Acts 20:23–24

except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me. — read the full passage →

Acts 17:27

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.

Acts 15:16–17

‘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 →

Amos 5:4

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

Psalms 34:1–22

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

Numbers 12:1–16

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. — read the full passage →

Revelation 3:7

“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:

2 Corinthians 6:2

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.

Romans 14:17

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

Romans 3:10–11

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

Acts 17:11

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

Acts 5:29

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

John 6:44

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

Luke 19:10

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

Luke 12:31

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

Matthew 21:1–46

When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, — read the full passage →

Matthew 5:3

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

Zechariah 8:20–23

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

Amos 5:4–6

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

2 Chronicles 7:16

For now have I chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

Revelation 9:20

The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.

Revelation 3:8

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

1 Timothy 1:10

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

1 Thessalonians 5:16–18

Rejoice always. — read the full passage →

Philippians 4:6

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

2 Corinthians 11:22–30

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 1:17

When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the “Yes, yes” and the “No, no?”

Romans 13:1

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

Acts 2:1–47

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

John 17:3

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

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