Quotes About Seeking

Simon and his companions went to look for Him,

Again He went away and prayed, saying the same thing.

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. Then it says, ëI will return to the house I left.í

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

“Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.

Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”

So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.

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

And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”

What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.