But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The Lord is great!”

Lord, the Lord Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me.

But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The Lord is great!”

Cover their faces with shame, Lord, so that they will seek your name.

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your prosperity.

Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.

Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the Lord.

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

Everlasting Salvation for Zion

“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn;

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

“Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not Hezekiah fear the Lord and seek his favor? And did not the Lord relent, so that he did not bring the disaster he pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster on ourselves!”

Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.’”

“In those days, at that time,” declares the Lord, “the people of Israel and the people of Judah together will go in tears to seek the Lord their God.

The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.

When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the Lord, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you.

This is what the Lord says to Israel: “Seek me and live;

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

Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.

those who turn back from following the Lord and neither seek the Lord nor inquire of him.”