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Seek ye the Lord, and when ye find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw nigh to you,
Seek ye the Lord, and when ye find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw nigh to you,
I became manifest to them that asked not for me; I was found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold, I am here, to a nation, who called not on my name.
He gives strength to the hungry, and sorrow to them that are not suffering. For the young men shall hunger, and the youths shall be weary, and the choice men shall be powerless: but they that wait on God shall renew their strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger.
Seek the Lord and be strong, seek his face continually.
Seek the Lord and be strong, seek his face continually.
And now, my son Solomon, know the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and willing soul: for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou shouldest forsake him, he will forsake thee for ever.
then if my people, on whom my name is called, should repent, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, I also will hear from heaven, and I will be merciful to their sins, and I will heal their land.
and he went out to meet Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him out, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
And Azarias the son of Oded—upon him came the Spirit of the Lord, and he went out to meet Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord is with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him out, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. And Israel has been a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound the truth, and without the law. But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of them. And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands. And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every kind of affliction. But be ye strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord. And he assembled Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers that dwelt with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasse, and of Symeon: for many of Israel were joined to him, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep.
And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul. And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman. And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with trumpets, and with cornets. And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron. Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. And he brought in the holy things of David his father, and the holy things of the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels. And there was no war waged with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
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Behold, are not my words as fire? saith the Lord; and as an axe cutting the rock?
And there ye shall seek the Lord your God, and ye shall find him whenever ye shall seek him with all your heart, and with all your soul in your affliction.
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Remember us, O Lord, with the favour thou hast to thy people: visit us with thy salvation;
Remember us, O Lord, with the favour thou hast to thy people: visit us with thy salvation;
The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed.
For the end, a Psalm of David.
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The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame.
All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.
For there is no health in my flesh because of thine anger; there is no peace to my bones because of my sins.
He that walks blameless, and works righteousness, who speaks truth in his heart.
For the end, a Psalm of David.
Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man; deliver me from the unjust man.
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art God my Saviour: and I have waited on thee all the day. Remember thy compassions, O Lord, and thy mercies, for they are from everlasting.
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Wherefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as ye have said,
The Lord recompense thy work: may a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, to whom thou hast come to trust under his wings.
And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him, and he crushed him as he would have crushed a kid of the goats, and there was nothing in his hands: and he told not his father and his mother what he had done.
And Sampson wept before the Lord, and said, O Lord, my Lord, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, O God, yet this once, and I will requite one recompense to the Philistines for my two eyes.
I will keep thine ordinances: O forsake me not greatly.
Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words.
He that has found a good wife has found favours, and has received gladness from God. [He that puts away a good wife, puts away a good thing, and he that keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.]
Thus shalt thou perceive wisdom in thy soul: for if thou find it, thine end shall be good, and hope shall not fail thee.