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23 Bible Verses About Seeking God

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  • Deuteronomy 4:29 and Jeremiah 29:13 both promise that those who seek God with all their heart will find him, the first spoken before Israel entered the land and the second written to exiles in Babylon.
  • Amos 5:5 tells Israel not to seek Bethel, Gilgal or Beersheba, and Amos 5:14 restates the command as “Seek good, and not evil.”
  • In 2 Chronicles 15, Judah made a covenant to seek the LORD with all their heart, and verse 15 records that “he was found by them.”
  • Matthew 6:33 puts the kingdom of God first, after verse 32 describes the Gentiles seeking food, drink and clothing.
  • Romans 3:11 says “no one seeks for God”, and Romans 10:20 quotes Isaiah 65:1 on God being found by those who did not seek him.

The Bible commands people to seek God and promises that those who seek him with their whole heart will find him. Moses gives that promise to Israel before they enter the land (Deuteronomy 4:29), Jeremiah repeats it to the exiles in Babylon (Jeremiah 29:13), and Jesus says, “seek, and you will find” (Matthew 7:7). The prophets call a whole nation to seek the LORD (Isaiah 55:6; Amos 5:4), and the psalms seek him in prayer and worship (Psalm 27:8; Psalm…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

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