Isaiah 55:6
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6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;(A)
Jeremiah 29:12-14
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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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Psalm 145:18
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18 The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.(A)
Isaiah 45:19
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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)
Psalm 32:6
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6 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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- 32.6 Cn: Heb at a time of finding only
Psalm 14:2
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2 The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind
to see if there are any who are wise,
who seek after God.(A)
Isaiah 65:24
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24 Before they call I will answer,
while they are yet speaking I will hear.(A)
Matthew 7:7-8
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Ask, Search, Knock
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.(A) 8 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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2 Corinthians 6:1-2
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6 As we work together with him,[a] we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.(A) 2 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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- 6.1 Gk As we work together
Amos 5:6
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6 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)
Hebrews 2:3
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3 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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Psalm 27:8
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8 “Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!”
Your face, Lord, do I seek.(A)
Job 8:5
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- 8.5 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
1 Chronicles 28:9
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9 “And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind and willing heart, for the Lord searches every mind and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever.(A)
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John 12:35-36
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35 Jesus said to them, “The light is in you[a] for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.”
The Unbelief of the People
After Jesus had said this, he departed and hid from them.(A)
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- 12.35 Other ancient authorities read with you
Deuteronomy 4:7
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7 For what other great nation has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is whenever we call to him?(A)
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Psalm 95:7
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7 For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture
and the sheep of his hand.
O that today you would listen to his voice!(A)
Isaiah 49:8
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Zion’s Children to Be Brought Home
8 Thus says the Lord:
In a time of favor I have answered you;
on a day of salvation I have helped you;
I have kept you and given you
as a covenant to the people,[a]
to establish the land,
to apportion the desolate heritages,(A)
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- 49.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain
John 7:33-34
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33 Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.(A) 34 You will search for me, but you will not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.”(B)
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Hebrews 3:13
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13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
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Matthew 25:11-12
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11 Later the other young women[a] came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’(A) 12 But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’
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- 25.11 Gk virgins
Isaiah 46:13
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13 I bring near my deliverance; it is not far off,
and my salvation will not tarry;
I will put salvation in Zion,
for Israel my glory.(A)
Luke 13:25
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25 Once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then in reply he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’(A)
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John 8:21
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Jesus Foretells His Death
21 Again he said to them, “I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”(A)
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Psalm 148:14
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14 He has raised up a horn for his people,
praise for all his faithful,
for the people of Israel who are close to him.
Praise the Lord!(A)
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