Seek The Lord

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither Seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

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:

And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to Seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

But if from thence thou shalt Seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou Seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye Seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Let our Lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to Seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

Now therefore, my Lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that Seek evil to my Lord, be as Nabal.

Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to Seek thy soul: but the soul of my Lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

• David
• Humility

Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to Seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

• Persecution

As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my Lord hath not sent to Seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

• Elijah
• Murmuring
• Elijah

And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they Seek my life, to take it away.

And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they Seek my life, to take it away.

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and Seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that Seek the Lord.

Seek the Lord and his strength, Seek his face continually.

Now set your heart and your soul to Seek the Lord your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.

Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and Seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou Seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

• ISRAELITES
• Decision

And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to Seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers.

• Heart

And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to Seek the Lord.

And commanded Judah to Seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.

• Reproof

And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; the Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye Seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

• ISRAELITES
• Decision

And they entered into a covenant to Seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

That whosoever would not Seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

• Fasting

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to Seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to Seek the Lord.

• Heart

That prepareth his heart to Seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

• Repentance

And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to Seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat,

• Heart
• Ezra
• Obedience

For Ezra had prepared his heart to Seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

the Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and Seek God.

the meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that Seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I Seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

the young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that Seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

Let all those that Seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, the Lord be magnified.

Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that Seek the Lord.

Seek the Lord, and his strength: Seek his face evermore.

Because of the house of the Lord our God I will Seek thy good.

• Wisdom

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that Seek the Lord understand all things.

Many Seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the Lord.

For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they Seek the Lord of hosts.

Woe unto them that Seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

• 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!

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

When the poor and needy Seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that Seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Therefore thus saith the Lord of the men of Anathoth, that Seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand:

And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that Seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

And Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that Seek thy life.

Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that Seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.

And seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

And I will deliver them into the hand of those that Seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the Lord.

For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that Seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and Seek the Lord their God.

All her people sigh, they Seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and Seek them out.

• Fasting
• Prayer

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to Seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and Seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to Seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor Seek him for all this.

• Fertilizing

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to Seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:

Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

• Seven

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: the Lord is his name:

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to Seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; Seek righteousness, Seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord'S anger.

And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to Seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.

Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to Seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord.

• Priest

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should Seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

• Temple

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye Seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

• Angel
• Angel
• Angel

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will Seek the young child to destroy him.

That the residue of men might Seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.

That they should Seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: