6 *"Seek the Lord while he may be found;

call upon him while he is near;

6 *"Seek the Lord while he may be found;

call upon him while he is near;

1 *I was ready to be sought by *those who did not ask for me;

I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.

I said, "Here I am, here I am,"

to a nation that was not called by* my name.

29 He gives power to the faint,

and to him who has no might he increases strength.

30 Even youths shall faint and be weary,

and young men shall fall exhausted;

31 but *they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings *like eagles;

they shall run and not be weary;

they shall walk and not faint.

11 *Seek the Lord and his strength;

seek his presence continually!

11 *Seek the Lord and his strength;

seek his presence continually!

9 "And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a *whole heart and with a willing mind, *for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. *If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

14 if my people who are called by my name *humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: *The Lord is with you while you are with him. *If you seek him, he will be found by you, *but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

1 *The Spirit of God came* upon Azariah the son of Oded, 2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: *The Lord is with you while you are with him. *If you seek him, he will be found by you, *but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. 3 *For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law, 4 *but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them. 5 In those times there was no peace *to him who went out or to him who came in, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands. 6 They were broken in pieces. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress. 7 *But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, *for your work shall be rewarded."

8 As soon as Asa heard these words, *the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from *the cities that he had taken in *the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the Lord*that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.*9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, *and those from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were residing with them, for great numbers had deserted to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. 10 They were gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 11 They sacrificed to the Lord on that day *from the spoil that they had brought 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep. 12 *And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul, 13 but that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, *should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman. 14 They swore an oath to the Lord with a loud voice and with shouting and with trumpets and with horns. 15 And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, *and the Lord gave them rest all around.

16 *Even Maacah, *his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image *for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, *crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron. 17 *But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true all his days. 18 And he brought into the house of God the sacred gifts of his father and his own sacred gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.

13 *You will seek me and find me, when you seek me *with all your heart.

13 *You will seek me and find me, when you seek me *with all your heart.

29 *Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and *like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

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

2 Blessed are those who *keep his *testimonies,

who *seek him with their whole heart,

2 Blessed are those who *keep his *testimonies,

who *seek him with their whole heart,

10 *With my whole heart I seek you;

let me not *wander from your commandments!

28 *My soul melts away for sorrow;

strengthen me according to your word!

45 and I shall walk *in a wide place,

for I have *sought your precepts.

4 Seek the Lord and his *strength;

*seek his presence continually!

4 Seek the Lord and his *strength;

*seek his presence continually!

8 You have said, *"Seek* my face."

My heart says to you,

"Your face, Lord, do I seek."*

1 O God, you are my God; *earnestly I seek you;

*my soul thirsts for you;

my flesh faints for you,

as in *a dry and weary land where there is no water.

7 *"Ask, *and it will be given to you; *seek, and you will find; *knock, and it will be opened to you.

9 And I tell you, *ask, and *it will be given to you; *seek, and you will find; *knock, and it will be opened to you.10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

9 And I tell you, *ask, and *it will be given to you; *seek, and you will find; *knock, and it will be opened to you.

31 Instead, *seek *his*kingdom, *and these things will be added to you.

10 For *the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

10 And those who *know your name put their trust in you,

for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

10 And those who *know your name put their trust in you,

for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

4 I *sought the Lord, and he answered me

and delivered me from all my fears.

10 *The young lions suffer want and hunger;

but those who *seek the Lord lack no good thing.

4 *Delight yourself in the Lord,

and he will *give you the desires of your heart.

2 The Lord*looks down from heaven on the children of man,

to see if there are any who understand,*

who *seek after God.

1 O Lord, you have *searched me and known me!

2 You *know when I sit down and when I rise up;

you *discern my thoughts from afar.

5 He will receive *blessing from the Lord

and *righteousness from *the God of his salvation.

6 Such is *the generation of those who seek him,

who *seek the face of the God of Jacob.*Selah

4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:

*"Seek me and live;

4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:

*"Seek me and live;

14 *Seek good, and not evil,

that you may live;

and so the Lord, *the God of hosts, will be with you,

as you have said.

16 that according to *the riches of his glory *he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit *in your inner being,

10 Finally, *be strong in the Lord and in *the strength of his might.

11 *being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for *all endurance and patience *with joy;

7 for God gave us *a spirit not of fear but *of power and love and self-control.

6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God *must believe that he exists and *that he rewards those who seek him.

6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God *must believe that he exists and *that he rewards those who seek him.

8 But you will receive *power *when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and *you will be *my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and *Samaria, and *to the end of the earth."

12 *The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!"

6 *Then the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and although he had nothing in his hand, he tore the lion in pieces as one tears a young goat. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

28 Then Samson called to the Lord and said, "O Lord God, *please remember me and please strengthen me only this once, O God, that I may be avenged on the Philistines for my two eyes."

8 *It is better to take refuge in the Lord

*than to trust in man.

9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord

*than to trust in princes.

22 He who finds *a wife finds *a good thing

and *obtains favor *from the Lord.

14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;

if you find it, there will be *a future,

and your hope will not be cut off.