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Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found; call ye him to help, while he is nigh.
Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found; call ye him to help, while he is nigh.
They sought me, that asked not before; they that sought not me, found me. I said, Lo! I, lo! I, to heathen men that knew not me, and that called not my name to help.
That giveth strength to the weary, and strength to them that be not, and multiplieth stalworth[y] ness.
Young men shall fail, and shall travail, and young men shall fall down in their sickness.
But they that hope in the Lord, shall change strength, they shall take feathers as eagles; they shall run, and shall not travail; they shall go, and shall not fail.
Seek ye the Lord and his strength; seek ye ever[more] his face.
Seek ye the Lord and his strength; seek ye ever[more] his face.
But thou, Solomon, my son, know [thou] the God of thy father, and serve thou him with perfect heart, and with a willful soul, or mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and he understand-eth all the thoughts of souls; if thou seekest him, thou shalt find him; forsooth if thou forsakest him, he shall cast thee away without end.
forsooth if my people is converted, on which my name is called, and if it beseecheth me, and seeketh my face, and doeth penance of his full evil ways, then I shall hear from heaven, and I shall be merciful to the sins of them, and I shall heal the land of them.
he went out into the meeting of Asa; and said to him, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, hear ye me; the Lord is with you, for ye were with him; if ye seek him, ye shall find him; soothly if ye forsake him, he shall forsake you.
Forsooth Azariah, the son of Oded, when the spirit of the Lord was come into him,
he went out into the meeting of Asa; and said to him, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin, hear ye me; the Lord is with you, for ye were with him; if ye seek him, ye shall find him; soothly if ye forsake him, he shall forsake you.
Forsooth many days shall pass in Israel without very God, and without priest, and without teacher, and without law.
And when they turn again in their anguish, and cry to the Lord God of Israel, and seek him, they shall find him.
In that time [there] shall not be peace to go out and to go in, but dreads on all sides on all the dwellers of the land.
For folk shall fight against folk, and a city against a city, for the Lord shall disturb [or trouble] them in all anguish;
but be ye comforted, and your hands be not slacked; for meed shall be to your work.
And when Asa had heard this thing, that is, the words and [the] prophecy of Azariah, the son of Oded, the prophet, he was comforted, and he did away all the idols from all the land of Judah and of Benjamin, and from the cities which he had taken of the hill of Ephraim. And he hallowed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the house of the Lord.
And he gathered together all Judah and Benjamin, and with them the comelings of Ephraim, and of Manasseh, and of Simeon; for many of Israel, seeing that his Lord God was with him, fled over to him.
And when they had come into Jerusalem, in the third month, in the fifteen year of the realm of Asa,
they offered to the Lord in that day, both of the spoils and of the prey, which they had brought, seven hundred oxen, and seven thousand wethers.
And Asa entered by custom to make strong the bond of peace, that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers in all their heart, and in all their soul.
And the king said, If any man seeketh not the Lord God of Israel, die he, from the least unto the most, from man unto woman.
And all that were in Judah swore with cursing to the Lord, that is, oblig-ing themselves to cursing and pain of death, if they did against the oath, with [a] great voice, in hearty song, and in sound of trump, and in sound of clarions;
for they swore in all their heart, and in all their will they sought him, and found him; and the Lord gave to them rest by compass.
But also he put down Maachah, the grandmother of Asa the king, that is, his own grandmother, from the strait empire, for she had made in a wood a simulacrum, or a likeness, of a man’s rod; and he all-brake that simulacrum, and pounded it into gobbets, and burnt it in the strand [or stream] of Kidron.
But yet [the] high places were left in Israel; nevertheless the heart of Asa was rightful in all his days.
And he brought into the house of the Lord those things that his father [had] avowed, silver and gold, and diverse appurtenance of vessels;
and battle was not unto the five and thirtieth year of the realm of Asa.
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ye shall seek me, and ye shall find, when ye seek me in all your heart.
ye shall seek me, and ye shall find, when ye seek me in all your heart.
Whether my words be not as fire burning, saith the Lord, and as an hammer all-breaking a stone?
And when thou hast sought there thy Lord God, thou shalt find him; if nevertheless thou seekest him with all thy heart, and with all the tribulation of thy soul.
Blessed be they, that seek his wit-nessings; and seek him in all the heart.
Blessed be they, that seek his wit-nessings; and seek him in all the heart.
In all mine heart I sought thee; put thou me not away from thy behests.
My soul napped for annoyance; confirm thou me in thy words.
And I went in largeness; for I sought thy commandments.
seek ye the Lord, and be ye con-firmed; seek ye ever[more] his face.
seek ye the Lord, and be ye con-firmed; seek ye ever[more] his face.
Mine heart said to thee, My face sought thee; Lord, I shall seek again thy face.
The psalm of David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, my God, I wake to thee full early. My soul thirsted to thee; my flesh thirsted to thee full manyfold. In a land forsaken without way, and without water,
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Ask ye, and it shall be given to you; seek ye, and ye shall find; knock ye, and it shall be opened to you.
And I say to you, ask ye, and it shall be given to you; seek ye, and ye shall find; knock ye, and it shall be opened to you.
For each that asketh, taketh, and he that seeketh, findeth; and to a man that knocketh, it shall be opened.
And I say to you, ask ye, and it shall be given to you; seek ye, and ye shall find; knock ye, and it shall be opened to you.
Nevertheless seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be cast to you.
for man’s Son came to seek, and make safe that thing that perished.
And they, that know thy name, have hope in thee; for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
And they, that know thy name, have hope in thee; for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
I sought the Lord, and he heard me; and he delivered me from all my tribulations.
Rich men were needy, and were hungry; but men that seek the Lord shall not fail of all good.
Delight thou in the Lord; and he shall give to thee the askings of thine heart.
The Lord beheld from heaven on the sons of men; that he see, if any is understanding, either seeking God.
To victory, the psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and hast known me;
thou hast known my sitting, and my rising again. Thou hast understood my thoughts from [a] far;
He shall take blessing of the Lord; and mercy of God his health.
This is the generation of men seeking him; of men seeking the face of God of Jacob.
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For the Lord saith these things to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;
For the Lord saith these things to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;
Seek ye good, and not evil, that ye live, and the Lord God of hosts shall be with you, as ye said.
that he give to you, after the riches of his glory, virtue to be strengthened by his Spirit in the inner man,
Here afterward, brethren, be ye comforted in the Lord, and in the might of his virtue.
and be comforted in all virtue, by the might of his clearness, in all patience and long abiding with joy,
For why God gave not to us the spirit of dread, but of virtue, and of love, and of soberness.
And it is impossible to please God without faith. For it behooveth that a man coming to God, believe that he is, and that he is [a] rewarder of men that seek him.
And it is impossible to please God without faith. For it behooveth that a man coming to God, believe that he is, and that he is [a] rewarder of men that seek him.
but ye shall take the virtue of the Holy Ghost coming from above into you, and ye shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the utmost [or the uttermost] of the earth.
The Lord yield to thee for thy work, and receive thou full meed of the Lord God of Israel, to whom thou camest, and under whose wings thou fleddest.
And the spirit of the Lord felled into Samson, and he rent the lion into gobbets, as if he had rent a kid, and utterly he had nothing in his hand; and he would not show this to his father and mother.
And he called inwardly the Lord, and said, My Lord God, have mind on me, and my God, yield thou now to me the former strength, that I avenge me of mine enemies, and that I take one vengeance for the loss of my two eyes.
It is better to trust in the Lord; than for to trust in man.
It is better for to hope in the Lord; than to hope in princes.
He that findeth a good woman, findeth a good thing; and of the Lord he shall draw up mirth. He that putteth away a good woman, putteth away a good thing; but he that holdeth an adulteress, is a fool and unwise.
So and the teaching of wisdom is good to thy soul; and when thou hast found it, thou shalt have hope in the last things, and thine hope shall not perish.