Look For

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; Look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

• Deception
• Temptation

And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to Look upon.

Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to Look upon God.

And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: Look to it; for evil is before you.

Then the priest shall Look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.

And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may Look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall Look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

• Government

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

• David
• Beauty

And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to Look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

It may be that the LORD will Look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

• Vashti
• Beauty

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to Look on.

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it Look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Now therefore be content, Look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man Look for his goods.

• Prayer

for innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to Look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. read more Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. show less

• Isaiah
• Waiting

And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will Look for him.

• Alliances
• Cavalry

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they Look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

• Call

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and Look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all Look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we Look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

• Contrite
• Character
• Poor

for all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I Look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

And they shall go forth, and Look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

• Darkness

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye Look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will Look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and Look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.

At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not Look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

• Micah
• Waiting

Therefore I will Look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

And it shall come to pass, that all they that Look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall Look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we Look for another?

And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or Look we for another?

When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or Look we for another?

And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, Look upon my son: for he is mine only child.

And when these things begin to come to pass, then Look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and Look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and Look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, Look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters.

Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I Look for him with the brethren.

While we Look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

• Commonwealth

for our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we Look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that Look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, Look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye Look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.