Seeking God

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.

• Deuteronomy 12:5 OT

  But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there.

• Psalms 27:4 OT

  One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

• Hosea 10:12 OT

  Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

• Hebrews 11:6 NT

  Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

• Deuteronomy 4:29 OT

  But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

• 1 Chronicles 22:19 OT

  Now set your heart and your soul to follow Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of Yahweh’s covenant and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for Yahweh’s name.”

• Psalms 77:2 OT

  In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.

• 1 Chronicles 28:9 OT

  You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you;…

• Proverbs 8:17 OT

  I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

• Jeremiah 29:13 OT

  You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

• Lamentations 3:25 OT

  Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

• Ezra 8:22 OT

  For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his…

• Psalms 9:10 OT

  Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

• Psalms 69:32 OT

  The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

• Amos 5:4 OT

  For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live;

• Amos 5:6 OT

  Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

• Job 8:6 OT

  If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

• Psalms 34:10 OT

  The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

• Psalms 34:4 OT

  I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

• Proverbs 28:5 OT

  Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

• Isaiah 8:19 OT

  When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

• Psalms 78:33 OT

  Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.

• Psalms 78:34 OT

  When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

• Hosea 5:15 OT

  I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”