Seekers: General Scriptures Concerning

I await Your salvation, O LORD.

But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Begin building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone

…who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

He acted with all his heart in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.

For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,

…if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.

May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.

The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? …

Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.

My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. …

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. …

A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water. …

The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”

But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me. …

When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.

With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.

I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.

I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

…if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding, …

I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.

On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him. …

When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.

My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

…to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill. …

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, …

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”

“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. …

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live! …

He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—

Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.

People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities— …

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. …

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. …

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple. …

The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

…for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

…so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.