Seekers

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerning So 3:1-4Genesis 49:18Deuteronomy 4:291 Chronicles 16:111 Chronicles 22:191 Chronicles 28:92 Chronicles 11:162 Chronicles 15:22 Chronicles 15:122 Chronicles 15:132 Chronicles 26:52 Chronicles 30:182 Chronicles 30:192 Chronicles 31:21Ezra 8:22Job 5:8Job 8:5Job 8:6Psalms 9:10Psalms 14:2Psalms 17:1
• See Backsliders
• See Penitents
• See Sin, Confession of
• See Sin, Forgiveness of
• INSTANCES OF
• Asa2 Chronicles 14:7
• Jehoshaphat2 Chronicles 17:32 Chronicles 17:4
• Uzziah2 Chronicles 26:5
• Hezekiah2 Chronicles 31:21
• Josiah2 Chronicles 34:3
• EzraEzra 7:10

The passages, in Bible order (115)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 49:18

   I await Your salvation, O LORD.

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   “I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord.

   “(Verses 16 and following.) And he shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Let Dan be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward: thy salvation, O Lord, I will wait for.

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2. Deuteronomy 4:29

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

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   “But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God,.... By prayer and supplication, acknowledging and confessing sin, and desiring that God would be gracious and forgive it, and bring them out of their miserable condition; even if out of those depths of affliction and distress, and though scattered about in the world, and in the uttermost parts of it: thou shalt find him; to be a God hearing and answering prayer, gracious and merciful, ready to help and deliver: if they seek him with all their heart and with all their soul; sincerely and affectionately.

   “Unwilling, as it might seem, to close his discourse with words of terror, Moses makes a last appeal to them in these verses in a different strain. Deu 4:34 Temptations - Compare Deu 7:18-19; Deu 29:2-3; not, “i. e.” the tribulations and persecutions undergone by the Israelites, out the plagues miraculously inflicted on the Egyptians. Deu 4:37 He chose their seed after them - literally, “his seed after him.” Speaking of the love of God to their fathers in general, Moses has more especially in mind that one of them who was called “the Friend of God” Jas 2:

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3. 1 Chronicles 16:11

   Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

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4. 1 Chronicles 22:19

   Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”

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   “Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God,....

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5. 1 Chronicles 28:9

   As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

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   "Do you know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God, him will God destroy." And in another place: "The Lord is with you as long as you are with him. If you abandon him, he also will abandon you."

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6. 2 Chronicles 11:16

   Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

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   “And after them out of all the tribes of Israel,....

   “Such as set their hearts to seek the Lord - All the truly pious joined him out of every tribe, and the whole tribe of Levi, being deprived of their functions, joined him also. Thus he had Judah, Benjamin, and Levi, and probably a part of Simeon; for he had Etam, which was in that tribe, and the truly religious out of all the other tribes, for they could not bear Jeroboam’s idolatry.

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7. 2 Chronicles 14:7

   So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

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   “Therefore he said unto Judah,....

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8. 2 Chronicles 15:2

   So 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. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

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   When we have been baptized we are told, "Behold, you are made whole; sin no more lest a worse thing happen to you." And again, "Don't you know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone profanes the temple of God, God shall destroy him." And in another place, "The Lord is with you so long as you are with him: if you forsake him, he will also forsake you."

   “And he went out to meet Asa,....

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9. 2 Chronicles 15:12

   Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul.

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   “And they entered into a covenant,.... Asa and all his people; that is, as Piscator remarks, they went between the pieces of the calf cut asunder, for the confirmation of the covenant, see Jer 34:18, to seek the Lord God of their fathers, with all their heart, and with all their soul; to serve and worship him most truly, sincerely, and cordially.

   “They entered into a covenant - The covenant consisted of two parts: 1. We will seek the God of our fathers with all our heart, and with all our soul. 2. Whosoever, great or small, man or woman, will not worship the true God, and serve him alone, shall be put to death. Thus no toleration was given to idolatry, so that it must be rooted out: and that this covenant might be properly binding, they confirmed it with an oath; and God accepted them and their services.

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10. 2 Chronicles 15:13

    And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

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    “That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death,.... That obstinately refused to worship him, and served other gods, which by the law was deserving of death, Deu 17:2, whether small or great, whether man or woman; without any regard to rank or dignity, age or sex.

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11. 2 Chronicles 17:3

    Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,

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    “Of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, it is written, "And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, who walked in the first ways of David, his father." From this it is clear that Jehoshaphat possessed the justice that David first possessed and that he did not commit the sins that David later committed. "He trusted not in Baalim," he says, "but in the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the sins of Israel. And the Lord established the kingdom in his hand and all Judah brought presents to Jehoshaphat.

    “And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat,....

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12. 2 Chronicles 17:4

    but he sought the God of his father and walked by His commandments rather than the practices of Israel.

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    “But sought to the Lord God of his fathers,.... Prayed to him, worshipped and served him: and walked in his commandments; observed and kept them, moral, ceremonial, and judicial: and not after the doings of Israel: who worshipped the golden calves at Dan and Bethel.

    “Of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, it is written, "And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, who walked in the first ways of David, his father." From this it is clear that Jehoshaphat possessed the justice that David first possessed and that he did not commit the sins that David later committed. "He trusted not in Baalim," he says, "but in the God of his father and walked in his commandments, and not according to the sins of Israel. And the Lord established the kingdom in his hand and all Judah brought presents to Jehoshaphat.

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13. 2 Chronicles 26:5

    He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.

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    “And he sought God in the days of Zechariah,....

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14. 2 Chronicles 30:18

    A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone

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    “For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun,....

    “A multitude of the people - had not cleansed themselves - As there were men from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, they were excusable, because they came from countries that had been wholly devoted to idolatry. The good Lord pardon every one - “The Lord, who is good, have mercy on this people who err.” - T.

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15. 2 Chronicles 30:19

    who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

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    “That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers,....

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16. 2 Chronicles 31:21

    He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.

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    “And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God,....

    “He did it with all his heart - In every respect he was a thoroughly excellent man, saw his duty to God and to his people, and performed it with becoming zeal and diligence. May God ever send such kings to the nations of the world; and may the people who are blessed with such be duly obedient to them, and thankful to the God who sends them!

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