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Seek the Lord while he may be found;
    call upon him while he is near;(A)

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Seek(A) the Lord while he may be found;(B)
    call(C) on him while he is near.

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12 Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.(A) 13 When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart,(B) 14 I will let you find me, says the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.(C)

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12 Then you will call(A) on me and come and pray(B) to me, and I will listen(C) to you. 13 You will seek(D) me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.(E) 14 I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back(F) from captivity.[a] I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:14 Or will restore your fortunes

18 The Lord is near to all who call on him,
    to all who call on him in truth.(A)

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18 The Lord is near(A) to all who call on him,(B)
    to all who call on him in truth.

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19 I did not speak in secret
    in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
    “Seek me in chaos.”
I the Lord speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(A)

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19 I have not spoken in secret,(A)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;(B)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(C)
    ‘Seek(D) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(E)

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Therefore let all who are faithful
    offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress,[a] the rush of mighty waters
    shall not reach them.(A)

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  1. 32.6 Cn: Heb at a time of finding only

Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
    while you may be found;(A)
surely the rising(B) of the mighty waters(C)
    will not reach them.(D)

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The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind
    to see if there are any who are wise,
    who seek after God.(A)

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The Lord looks down from heaven(A)
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,(B)
    any who seek God.(C)

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24 Before they call I will answer,
    while they are yet speaking I will hear.(A)

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24 Before they call(A) I will answer;(B)
    while they are still speaking(C) I will hear.

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Ask, Search, Knock

“Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.(A) For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.(B)

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Ask, Seek, Knock(A)

“Ask and it will be given to you;(B) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;(C) and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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As we work together with him,[a] we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.(A) For he says,

“At an acceptable time I have listened to you,
    and on a day of salvation I have helped you.”

Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!(B)

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  1. 6.1 Gk As we work together

As God’s co-workers(A) we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.(B) For he says,

“In the time of my favor I heard you,
    and in the day of salvation I helped you.”[a](C)

I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:2 Isaiah 49:8

Seek the Lord and live,
    or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire,
    and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it.(A)

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Seek(A) the Lord and live,(B)
    or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;(C)
it will devour them,
    and Bethel(D) will have no one to quench it.(E)

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how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was confirmed for us by those who heard him,(A)

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how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?(A) This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord,(B) was confirmed to us by those who heard him.(C)

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“Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!”
    Your face, Lord, do I seek.(A)

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My heart says of you, “Seek his face!(A)
    Your face, Lord, I will seek.

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If you will seek God
    and make supplication to the Almighty,[a](A)

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  1. 8.5 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

But if you will seek God earnestly
    and plead(A) with the Almighty,(B)

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