What Does the Bible Say About Searching For God?

Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 14:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Acts 17:24-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything. And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, for “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’ ...

Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

Proverbs 2:2-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

1 Timothy 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.

Romans 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 18:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Isaiah 50:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

Isaiah 1:18-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Psalm 14:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

1 Kings 8:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:4-6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity. Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

29 Bible Verses about Searching For God

Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 17:24-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 2:2-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 18:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 50:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:18-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 14:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Kings 8:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 9:4-6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 7:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 17:24-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 2:2-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 18:36 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 50:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:18-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 14:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Kings 8:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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