Bible Verses About Seeking God's Presence

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.

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

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

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

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.

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

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

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 enquire in his temple.

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

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

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

And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

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

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

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

Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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.

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

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

And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

But when they in their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.

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

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.

Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.