But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

and 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. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

“Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me,

“I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me.

A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.

‘I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.’ I sought him but did not find him.

“You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them, Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent.

A wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, That sniffs the wind in her passion. In the time of her heat who can turn her away? All who seek her will not become weary; In her month they will find her.

Jerusalem’s Godlessness

“Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And look now and take note. And seek in her open squares, If you can find a man, If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, Then I will pardon her.

You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

“She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband, For it was better for me then than now!’

They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the Lord, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.

“People will stagger from sea to sea And from the north even to the east; They will go to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, But they will not find it.

Prayer and the Golden Rule

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

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

“Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

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

“When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’

You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

What is this statement that He said, ‘You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’ ?”

that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.