Isaiah 26:9
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9 My soul yearns for you in the night;
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.(A)
Matthew 6:33
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33 But seek first the kingdom of God[a] and his[b] righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(A)
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Mark 1:35
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A Preaching Tour in Galilee
35 In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.(A)
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Psalm 63:1
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Psalm 63
Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence
A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.
1 O God, you are my God; I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.(A)
Revelation 11:13
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13 At that moment there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.(A)
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Luke 6:12
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Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles
12 Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.(A)
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Hosea 5:15
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15 I will return again to my place
until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face.
In their distress they will beg my favor:(A)
Isaiah 55:6
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6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;(A)
Proverbs 8:17
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17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me diligently find me.(A)
Psalm 119:62
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62 At midnight I rise to praise you,
because of your righteous ordinances.(A)
Psalm 77:2-3
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2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.(A)
3 I think of God, and I moan;
I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah(B)
Psalm 63:6-7
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6 when I think of you on my bed
and meditate on you in the watches of the night,(A)
7 for you have been my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.(B)
Isaiah 27:9
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9 Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated,
and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:
when he makes all the stones of the altars
like chalkstones crushed to pieces;
no sacred poles[a] or incense altars will remain standing.(A)
Footnotes
- 27.9 Heb Asherahs
Psalm 130:6
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6 my soul waits for the Lord
more than those who watch for the morning,
more than those who watch for the morning.(A)
Psalm 83:18
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18 Let them know that you alone,
whose name is the Lord,
are the Most High over all the earth.(A)
Psalm 78:34
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34 When he killed them, they searched for him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.(A)
Psalm 64:9
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9 Then everyone will fear;
they will tell what God has brought about
and ponder what he has done.(A)
Psalm 58:11
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11 People will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who judges[a] on earth.”(A)
Footnotes
- 58.11 Or there are gods who judge
Numbers 14:21-23
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21 nevertheless, as I live and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,(A) 22 none of the people who have seen my glory and the signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness and yet have tested me these ten times and have not obeyed my voice 23 shall see the land that I swore to give to their ancestors; none of those who despised me shall see it.
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