(A)Seek the Lord while He may be (B)found,
Call upon Him while He is near.

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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 you will (A)call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will (B)listen to you. 13 And (C)you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me (D)with all your heart. 14 (E)I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; (F)I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.

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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 (A)The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him (B)in truth.

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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 have not spoken in (A)secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me [a]in vain’;
(B)I, the Lord, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 45:19 Or in a waste place

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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(A)For this cause everyone who is godly shall (B)pray to You
In a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters
They shall not come near him.

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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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(A)The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.

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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 “It shall come to pass
That (A)before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will (B)hear.

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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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Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking(A)

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

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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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Marks of the Ministry

We then, as (A)workers together with Him also (B)plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For He says:

(C)“In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

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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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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:2 Isaiah 49:8

(A)how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, (B)which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was (C)confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

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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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(A)Seek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel—

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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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35 Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer (A)the light is with you. (B)Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; (C)he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become (D)sons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and (E)was hidden from them.

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35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light(A) just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light,(B) before darkness overtakes you.(C) Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”(D) When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.(E)

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(A)If you would earnestly seek God
And make your supplication to the Almighty,

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

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