What Does the Bible Say About Seek The Lord?

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!

Luke 11:9 ESV / 19 helpful votes

And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Isaiah 55:6 ESV / 18 helpful votes

“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

Proverbs 8:17 ESV / 17 helpful votes

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

Psalm 63:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes

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 flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

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

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Zephaniah 2:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hosea 5:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes

I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.

Psalm 105:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 9 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.

Deuteronomy 4:29 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Romans 8:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Psalm 27:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

John 15:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Psalm 34:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

1 Chronicles 22:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the Lord.”

John 12:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

2 Chronicles 15:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

1 Chronicles 28:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

1 Corinthians 14:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.

Acts 12:1-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of John with the sword, and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. ...

Isaiah 66:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.

Isaiah 59:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;

Psalm 23:2-3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Psalm 6:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.

Colossians 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Romans 8:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

John 14:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.

Luke 18:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

Matthew 26:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.

Nahum 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Isaiah 55:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.

Isaiah 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

Proverbs 15:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Psalm 69:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.

Psalm 46:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

42 Bible Verses about Seek The Lord

1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 11:9 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 55:6 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 8:17 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 63:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Zephaniah 2:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hosea 5:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 105:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 4:29 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 27:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 34:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 22:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 12:26 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 15:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 28:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 14:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 12:1-25 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 66:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 59:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:2-3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 6:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 4:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 18:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 26:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Nahum 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 55:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 1:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 15:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 69:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 46:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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