Seek 

Pursue

The scriptures tell us we must seek and pursue the Lord and his commandments, Kingdom, and righteousness always.

If we ask and seek we shall find, the door will open for us.

We must seek Him with all our mind and soul.

The Lord is with us when we are loyal to him.

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Dictionary

to resort to.

to go in search of.
to try to discover.

to ask for advice.

to try to acquire or gain.

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Luke 19;10

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

Matthew 7;7-8

7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Matthew 6;33

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

2 Chronicles 7;14

if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Colossians 3;1

[ Exhortations to Seek the Things Above ] Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Hebrews 11;6

Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

1 Peter 3;11

And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

Exodus 33;7

[ The Presence of the Lord ] Moses took the tent and pitched it outside the camp, at a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. Anyone seeking the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting that was outside the camp.

Leviticus 19;31

Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 4;29

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

1 Samuel 22;23

“Stay with me. Don’t be afraid! Whoever seeks my life is seeking your life as well. You are secure with me.”

1 Kings 2;3

Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish.

2 Kings 22;13

“Go, seek an oracle from the Lord for me and the people—for all Judah. Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord’s fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this scroll by doing all that it instructs us to do.”

1 Chronicles 16;10-11

10 Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! 11 Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!

2 Chronicles 7;14

if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

2 Chronicles 15;2

He met Asa and told him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.

2 Chronicles 16;12

In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors.

Matthew 7;7-8

7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Luke 4;42

The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them.

Luke 19;10

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

John 4;23

But a time is coming—and now is here—when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers.

John 5;44

How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?

Acts 13;11

Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!” Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.

Acts 15;17

so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,’ says the Lord, who makes these things.

Romans 2;6-8

6 He will reward each one according to his works: 7 eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality, 8 but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.

Romans 10;3

For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Colossians 3;1

[ Exhortations to Seek the Things Above ] Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

1/25/19