11 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
11 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
9 "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans.
9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
1 "I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, 'Here am I, here am I.'
2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart —
2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart —
29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
5 They will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God their Savior.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, God of Jacob. "[3]
9 "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
31 But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.
8 My heart says of you, "Seek his face!" Your face, LORD, I will seek.
45 I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
1 You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
1 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
22 He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.
13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
12 May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."
6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
1 The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded.
2 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.
3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law.
4 But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them.
5 In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil.
6 One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.
7 But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded."
8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of "Oded the prophet, he took courage. He removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD's temple.
9 Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them, for large numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10 They assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.
11 At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder they had brought back.
12 They entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
13 All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.
14 They took an oath to the LORD with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns.
15 All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
16 King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down, broke it up and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
17 Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa's heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.
18 He brought into the temple of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
19 There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.
4 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
4 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
14 Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.
10 Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
10 Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
28 My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
10 I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
2 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.
6 The Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. But he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done.
4 This is what the LORD says to Israel: "Seek me and live;
4 This is what the LORD says to Israel: "Seek me and live;
11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully
4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
4 Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
29 "Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
28 Then Samson prayed to the LORD, "Sovereign LORD, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes."
10 The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
9 "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
2 The LORD looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."