Bible Verses about 'Seek'
- Seek the Lord and his strength,
seek his face continually. - Reflect on the Lord and his strength;
seek his face continually. - Seek the Lord,
all you humble of the land
who obey his commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
then perhaps you may find shelter
on the day of the Lord’s anger. - For the Son of Man has come to seek out and to save what was lost.
- Shun evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it. - Seek the Lord while he still may be found;
call to him when he is close at hand. - When you search for me, you will find me. When you seek me with all your heart.
- For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
If you seek me, you will survive. - No one should seek his own advantage in preference to that of his neighbor.
- Blessed are those who observe his statutes
and seek him with their whole heart. - The powerful suffer want and go hungry,
but those who seek the Lord want for no good thing. - Rather, seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
- But if you seek the Lord, your God, and you strive with all your heart and your soul, you will find him there.
- Those who revere your name place their trust in you,
for you never abandon those who seek you, O Lord. - Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- To those who seek after glory and honor and immortality by persevering in good works, he will grant eternal life.
- Seek good and not evil,
so that you may live.
Then the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you
as you claim he is. - The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will permit you to find him, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
- And learn to do good.
Pursue justice and rescue the oppressed;
listen to the plea of the orphan
and defend the widow. - I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your precepts. - But without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever comes to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
- Therefore, I say to you: ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- There is only one thing I ask of the Lord,
just one thing I seek:
to dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
so that I may enjoy the beauty of the Lord
and gaze on his temple. - And if then my people who bear my name humble themselves and pray to me and seek my presence as they turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear them from heaven and forgive their sins and restore their land.
- I was eager to respond
to those who did not consult me.
I was anxious to be approached
by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am! Here I am!”
to a nation that did not summon me. - For:
“If anyone wishes to love life
and to experience good days,
he must restrain his tongue from evil
and his lips from deceitful speech.
He must turn away from evil and do good,
seek peace and pursue it.” - I will walk in complete freedom
because I have sought your commands. - O God, you are my God,
for whom I have been searching earnestly.
My soul yearns for you
and my body thirsts for you,
like the earth when it is parched,
arid and without water. - Seek peace with everyone, as well as the holiness without which no one will ever see the Lord.
- Dearly beloved, never seek revenge. Leave that to the time of retribution. For it is written, “Vengeance is mine, says the Lord. I will repay.”
- My soul longs for you throughout the night,
and my spirit within me seeks your presence.
For when your judgments are revealed to the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn to practice justice. - Love is patient;
love is charitable.
Love is not envious;
it does not have an inflated opinion of itself;
it is not filled with its own importance.
Love is never rude;
it does not seek its own advantage.
It is not prone to anger;
neither does it brood over setbacks. - He said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised. He is not here. See the place where they laid him.”
- Those of you who seek to be justified by the Law have cut yourselves off from Christ and have fallen away from grace.
- Make sure that no one pays back evil for evil. Rather, always aim to achieve what is best for each other and for everyone.
- You shall not hate your brother in your heart, nor shall you rebuke your brother in any way, lest you bear sin because of him. You shall not seek vengeance nor bear a grudge against the children of your people. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
- Take no part in the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather seek to expose them.
For it is shameful even to speak of what deeds people do in secret. - But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid! I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised, as he promised he would be. Come and see the place where he lay.”
- Everyone who seeks a prize submits himself to rigorous self-discipline in every respect. They do so to win a perishable crown, while we seek an imperishable one.
- Does it now appear to you that I am trying to gain the approval of human beings rather than the approval of God? Am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- Trust wholeheartedly in the Lord
rather than relying on your own intelligence.
In everything you do, acknowledge him,
and he will see that your paths are straight. - Do not seek to adorn yourself externally—by the braiding of your hair and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothing. Rather, let your adornment be of your inner self, the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.
- In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
in your righteousness deliver me. - When you look at the tassels, you will remember the commandments of the Lord and keep them. Thus you will not prostitute yourselves by following after the lusts in your own heart or your own eyes.
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