Quotes About Seeking

But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.

On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.

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.

O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.

When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

“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 My name, I said, ëHere I am! Here I am!í

For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

“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.

Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.

I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,í declares the Lord GOD.”

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

Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.

They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

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

Israelís arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.

For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.

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.

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.

and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”

and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ëLet us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.í

And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.