56 Bible Verses About Seeking

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.

And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

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:

And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,

And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Then Job answered the Lord, and said,

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him.

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.

For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.

Then Job answered the Lord, and said,

Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.

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 the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En–dor.

If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:

Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

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 Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him?

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

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

Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me.

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

So we abode in the valley over against Beth–peor.

Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

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

Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?