Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Seeking’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Seeking’ occurs 104 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 37:15 And a man found him wandering in a field, and he asked him what he was seeking.Genesis 37:15
Number of the word / term Seeking in Genesis: 1
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 18:15 And Moses answered him: “The people come to me seeking the verdict of God.Exodus 18:15
Number of the word / term Seeking in Exodus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 13:14 inquire carefully and diligently, seeking the truth of the matter. And if you find that what was said is certain, and that this abomination is a work which has been perpetrated,Deuteronomy 13:14
Number of the word / term Seeking in Deuteronomy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Judges
Judges 4:22 And behold, Barak arrived, in pursuit of Sisera. And Jael, going out to meet him, said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” And when he had entered her tent, he saw Sisera lying dead, with the spike fixed in his temples.Judges 4:22
Judges 5:26 She put her left hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman’s mallet. And she struck Sisera, seeking in his head a place for the wound, and strongly piercing his temples.Judges 5:26
Judges 6:39 And again he said to God: “Let not your fury be enkindled against me, if I test once more, seeking a sign in the fleece. I pray that only the fleece may be dry, and all the ground may be wet with dew.”Judges 6:39
Number of the word / term Seeking in Judges: 3
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 10:2 When you will have departed from me this day, you will find two men beside the sepulcher of Rachel, in the parts of Benjamin to the south. And they will say to you: ‘The donkeys have been found, which you had been seeking as you traveled. And your father, forgetting about the donkeys, has been anxious for you, and he says, “What shall I do about my son?” ’1 Samuel 10:2
1 Samuel 19:2 And Jonathan revealed it to David, saying: “Saul, my father, is seeking to kill you. Because of this, I ask you, take care for yourself in the morning. And you should conceal yourself and remain in hiding.1 Samuel 19:2
1 Samuel 22:8 so that you would all conspire against me, and so that there is no one to inform me, especially when even my son has formed a pact with the son of Jesse? There is no one among you who grieves for my situation, or who would report to me. For my son has raised up my servant against me, seeking to betray me, even to this day.”1 Samuel 22:8
1 Samuel 23:14 Then David stayed in the desert, in very strong places. And he stayed on a mount in the wilderness of Ziph, on a shady mount. Nevertheless, Saul was seeking him every day. But the Lord did not deliver him into his hands.1 Samuel 23:14
1 Samuel 25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as your soul lives, and as the Lord lives, who has kept your hand to yourself, and has prevented you from coming to blood: now, let your enemies be like Nabal, and like all those who are seeking evil for my lord.1 Samuel 25:26
1 Samuel 25:29 For if a man, at any time, will rise up, pursuing you and seeking your life, the life of my lord will be preserved, as if in the sheave of the living, with the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies will be spun around, as if with the force of a whirling sling.1 Samuel 25:29
Number of the word / term Seeking in 1 Samuel: 6
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 3:17 Likewise, Abner sent word to the elders of Israel, saying: “As much yesterday as the day before, you were seeking David, so that he might reign over you.2 Samuel 3:17
2 Samuel 4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David in Hebron. And they said to the king: “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who was seeking your life. And so, the Lord has avenged my lord the king, this day, from Saul and from his offspring.”2 Samuel 4:8
2 Samuel 14:7 And behold, the whole family, rising up against your handmaid, said: ‘Deliver him who struck down his brother, so that we may kill him for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and so that we may do away with the heir.’ And they are seeking to extinguish my spark that is left, so that there may not survive a name for my husband, nor a remnant upon the earth.”2 Samuel 14:7
2 Samuel 16:11 And the king said to Abishai and to all his servants: “Behold, my son, who went forth from my loins, is seeking my life. How much more does a son of Benjamin do so now? Permit him, so that he may curse, in accord with the command of the Lord.2 Samuel 16:11
2 Samuel 17:3 And I will lead back the entire people, returning in the manner of one man. For you are seeking only one man. And all the people shall be in peace.”2 Samuel 17:3
2 Samuel 17:20 And when the servants of Absalom had entered into the house, they said to the woman, “Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman responded to them, “They passed through hurriedly, after they had taken a little water.” But those who were seeking them, when they had not found them, returned to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 17:20
2 Samuel 20:19 Am I not the one who responds with the truth in Israel? And yet you are seeking to overthrow the city, and to overturn a mother in Israel! Why would you cast down the inheritance of the Lord?”2 Samuel 20:19
Number of the word / term Seeking in 2 Samuel: 7
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 18:10 As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my lord has not sent, seeking you. And when all responded, ‘He is not here,’ he swore each kingdom and nation to an oath, because you were not found at all.1 Kings 18:10
1 Kings 19:10 And he responded: “I have been very zealous on behalf of the Lord, the God of hosts. For the sons of Israel have forsaken your covenant. They have torn down your altars. They have killed your prophets with the sword. I alone remain. And they are seeking my life, so that they may take it away.”1 Kings 19:10
1 Kings 19:14 “I have been very zealous on behalf of the Lord, the God of hosts. For the sons of Israel have forsaken your covenant. They have torn down your altars. They have killed your prophets with the sword. I alone remain. And they are seeking my life, so that they may take it away.”1 Kings 19:14
Number of the word / term Seeking in 1 Kings: 3
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 5:7 And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his garments, and he said: “Am I God, so that I could take or give life, or so that this man would send to me to cure a man from his leprosy? Take notice and see that he is seeking occasions against me.”2 Kings 5:7
2 Kings 6:19 Then Elisha said to them: “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will reveal to you the man whom you are seeking.” Then he led them into Samaria.2 Kings 6:19
Number of the word / term Seeking in 2 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 22:9 Also, while he himself was seeking Ahaziah, he found him to be hiding in Samaria. And having been led to him, he killed him. And they buried him, because he was the son of Jehoshaphat, who had sought the Lord with all his heart. But there was no longer any hope that someone from the stock of Ahaziah would reign.2 Chronicles 22:9
2 Chronicles 26:5 And he sought the Lord, during the days of Zechariah, who understood and saw God. And while he was seeking the Lord, he directed him in all things.2 Chronicles 26:5
Number of the word / term Seeking in 2 Chronicles: 2
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 2:10 And Sanballat, a Horonite, and the servant Tobiah, an Ammonite, heard this. And they were saddened, with a great affliction, that a man had arrived who was seeking the prosperity of the sons of Israel.Nehemiah 2:10
Number of the word / term Seeking in Nehemiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Esther
Esther 10:3 and how Mordecai of Jewish birth, was second after king Artaxerxes, and great among the Jews, and acceptable to the people of his brethren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking about things which pertained to peace for their descendents. And Mordecai said, “By God have these things been done. I remember a dream that I saw, which signified these same things, and nothing of this whatsoever has failed to occur. The little fountain which grew into a river, and had turned into light and into the sun, and overflowed into many waters, is Esther, whom the king received as wife and whom he preferred to be queen. But the two dragons are I and Haman. The peoples who gathered together are those who had attempted to erase the name of the Jews. And my people is Israel, who cried out to the Lord, and the Lord brought salvation to his people, and he freed us from all evils, and he created great signs and portents among the nations. And he commanded there to be two lots, one for the people of God and the other for all the nations. And both lots arrived at the day appointed before God, even from that past time, for all peoples. And the Lord remembered his people and had mercy on his inheritance. And these days shall be observed in the month of Adar, on the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the same month, with all zealousness and joy, by the people gathered together into one union, throughout all the generations hereafter of the people of Israel.” In the fourth year of the reigns of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who was himself a priest and born of the Levites, and Ptolemy his son, brought this epistle of Purim, which they said was a translation by Lysimachus the son of Ptolemy in Jerusalem.Esther 10:3
Number of the word / term Seeking in Esther: 1
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 9:10 And may they hope in you, who know your name. For you have not abandoned those seeking you, Lord.Psalm 9:10
Psalm 14:2 The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.Psalm 14:2
Psalm 37:25 I have been young, and now I am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his offspring seeking bread.Psalm 37:25
Psalm 53:2 God gazed down from heaven on the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.Psalm 53:2
Psalm 119:45 And I have wandered far and wide, because I was seeking your commandments.Psalm 119:45
Number of the word / term Seeking in Psalm: 5
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 16:5 And a throne will be prepared in mercy, and One shall sit upon it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment, and quickly repaying what is just.Isaiah 16:5
Isaiah 21:12 The watchman said: “Morning approaches with the night. If you are seeking: seek, and convert, and approach.”Isaiah 21:12
Isaiah 41:17 The indigent and the poor are seeking water, but there is none. Their tongue has been dried up by thirst. I, the Lord, will heed them. I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.Isaiah 41:17
Number of the word / term Seeking in Isaiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 4:30 So then, when you have been devastated, what will you do? Though you will clothe yourself with scarlet, though you will adorn yourself with a gold necklace and tint your eyes with cosmetics, you will be dressing yourself up in vain. Your lovers have spurned you; they will be seeking your life.Jeremiah 4:30
Jeremiah 5:1 “Travel the streets of Jerusalem; and gaze, and consider, and seek, in its wide streets. If you can find a man exercising judgment and seeking faith, then I will be forgiving to them.Jeremiah 5:1
Jeremiah 11:21 “Because of this, thus says the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who are seeking your life, and who are saying: ‘You shall not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and you shall not die by our hands.’Jeremiah 11:21
Jeremiah 23:4 And I will raise up shepherds over them, and they will pasture them. They will no longer dread, and they will no longer fear. And no one among their number will be seeking more, says the Lord.Jeremiah 23:4
Jeremiah 34:20 And I will give them into the hands of their enemies and into the hands of those who are seeking their life. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth.Jeremiah 34:20
Jeremiah 34:21 And Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his leaders, I will give over to the hands of their enemies, and to the hands of those who are seeking their lives, and to the hands of the armies of the king of Babylon, which had withdrawn from you.Jeremiah 34:21
Jeremiah 38:4 And the leaders said to the king: “We petition you to put this man to death. For he is deliberately weakening the hands of the men of war, who have remained in this city, and the hands of the people, by speaking to them with these words. For this man is certainly not seeking peace for this people, but evil.”Jeremiah 38:4
Jeremiah 38:16 Then king Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah, secretly, saying: “As the Lord lives, who made this soul for us, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of those men who are seeking your life.”Jeremiah 38:16
Jeremiah 44:30 Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra, the king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those who are seeking his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah, the king of Judah, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, his enemy and the one who was seeking his life.”Jeremiah 44:30
Jeremiah 45:5 And are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not choose to seek them. For behold, I will lead evil over all that is flesh, says the Lord. But I will give your life to you unto salvation, in every place, wherever you may travel.”Jeremiah 45:5
Number of the word / term Seeking in Jeremiah: 10
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 1:11 CAPH. All her people are groaning and seeking bread. They have given up whatever was precious in exchange for food, so as to remain alive. See, O Lord, and consider, for I have become vile.Lamentations 1:11
Lamentations 1:19 COPH. I called for my friends, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders have been consumed in the city. For they were seeking their food, so as to revive their life.Lamentations 1:19
Number of the word / term Seeking in Lamentations: 2
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at the fork, at the head of the two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows; he inquired of idols, and he consulted entrails.Ezekiel 21:21
Number of the word / term Seeking in Ezekiel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 9:23 At the beginning of your prayers, the message came forth, yet I have come to explain it to you because you are a man who is seeking. Therefore, you must pay close attention to the message and understand the vision.Daniel 9:23
Number of the word / term Seeking in Daniel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Amos
Amos 8:12 And they will move even from sea to sea, and from the North all the way to the East. They will wander around seeking the word of the Lord, and they will not find it.Amos 8:12
Number of the word / term Seeking in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 8:22 And many peoples and strong nations will approach, seeking the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the face of the Lord.Zechariah 8:22
Number of the word / term Seeking in Zechariah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 2:20 saying: “Rise up, and take the boy and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For those who were seeking the life of the boy have passed away.”Matthew 2:20
Matthew 12:43 Now when an unclean spirit departs from a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and he does not find it.Matthew 12:43
Matthew 12:46 While he was still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak with him.Matthew 12:46
Matthew 12:47 And someone said to him: “Behold, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, seeking you.”Matthew 12:47
Matthew 13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking good pearls.Matthew 13:45
Matthew 28:5 Then the Angel responded by saying to the women: “Do not be afraid. For I know that you are seeking Jesus, who was crucified.Matthew 28:5
Number of the word / term Seeking in Matthew: 6
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Mark
Mark 1:37 And when they had found him, they said to him, “For everyone is seeking you.”Mark 1:37
Mark 3:32 And the crowd was sitting around him. And they said to him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.”Mark 3:32
Mark 8:11 And the Pharisees went out and began to contend with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, testing him.Mark 8:11
Mark 14:1 Now the feast of Passover and of Unleavened Bread was two days away. And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking a means by which they might deceitfully seize him and kill him.Mark 14:1
Mark 16:6 And he said to them, “Do not become frightened. You are seeking Jesus of Nazareth, the Crucified One. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him.Mark 16:6
Number of the word / term Seeking in Mark: 5
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Luke
Luke 2:44 But, supposing that he was in the company, they went a day’s journey, seeking him among their relatives and acquaintances.Luke 2:44
Luke 2:45 And not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him.Luke 2:45
Luke 2:48 And upon seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: “Son, why have you acted this way toward us? Behold, your father and I were seeking you in sorrow.”Luke 2:48
Luke 2:49 And he said to them: “How is it that you were seeking me? For did you not know that it is necessary for me to be in these things which are of my Father?”Luke 2:49
Luke 11:24 When an unclean spirit has departed from a man, he walks through waterless places, seeking rest. And not finding any, he says: ‘I will return to my house, from which I departed.’Luke 11:24
Luke 13:6 And he also told this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree, which was planted in his vineyard. And he came seeking fruit on it, but found none.Luke 13:6
Luke 13:7 Then he said to the cultivator of the vineyard: ‘Behold, for these three years I came seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I have found none. Therefore, cut it down. For why should it even occupy the land?’Luke 13:7
Luke 19:47 And he was teaching in the temple daily. And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, and the leaders of the people were seeking to destroy him.Luke 19:47
Luke 20:19 And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking to lay hands on him in that same hour, but they feared the people. For they realized that he had spoken this parable about them.Luke 20:19
Luke 22:2 And the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, were seeking a way to execute Jesus. Yet truly, they were afraid of the people.Luke 22:2
Luke 22:6 And he made a promise. And he was seeking an opportunity to hand him over, apart from the crowds.Luke 22:6
Number of the word / term Seeking in Luke: 11
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book John
John 5:18 And so, because of this, the Jews were seeking to kill him even more so. For not only did he break the Sabbath, but he even said that God was his Father, making himself equal to God.John 5:18
John 6:24 Therefore, when the crowd had seen that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they climbed into the small boats, and they went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.John 6:24
John 7:1 Then, after these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee. For he was not willing to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.John 7:1
John 7:11 Therefore, the Jews were seeking him on the feast day, and they were saying, “Where is he?”John 7:11
John 7:20 Why are you seeking to kill me?” The crowd responded and said: “You must have a demon. Who is seeking to kill you?”John 7:20
John 7:25 Therefore, some of those from Jerusalem said: “Is he not the one whom they are seeking to kill?John 7:25
John 7:30 Therefore, they were seeking to apprehend him, and yet no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.John 7:30
John 8:37 I know that you are sons of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word has not taken hold in you.John 8:37
John 8:40 But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.John 8:40
John 8:50 But I am not seeking my own glory. There is One who seeks and judges.John 8:50
John 11:8 The disciples said to him: “Rabbi, the Jews are even now seeking to stone you. And would you go there again?”John 11:8
John 11:56 Therefore, they were seeking Jesus. And they conferred with one another, while standing in the temple: “What do you think? Will he come to the feast day?”John 11:56
John 18:8 Jesus responded: “I told you that I am he. Therefore, if you are seeking me, permit these others to go away.”John 18:8
John 19:12 And from then on, Pilate was seeking to release him. But the Jews were crying out, saying: “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. For anyone who makes himself a king contradicts Caesar.”John 19:12
Number of the word / term Seeking in John: 14
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Acts
Acts 9:29 He also was speaking with the Gentiles and disputing with the Greeks. But they were seeking to kill him.Acts 9:29
Acts 13:8 But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) stood against them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the Faith.Acts 13:8
Acts 13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you. And you will be blinded, not seeing the sun for a length of time.” And immediately a fog and a darkness fell over him. And wandering around, he was seeking someone who might lead him by the hand.Acts 13:11
Acts 21:31 Then, as they were seeking to kill him, it was reported to the tribune of the cohort: “All Jerusalem is in confusion.”Acts 21:31
Acts 27:30 Yet truly, the sailors were seeking a way to flee from the ship, for they had lowered a lifeboat into the sea, on the pretext that they were attempting to cast anchors from the bow of the ship.Acts 27:30
Number of the word / term Seeking in Acts: 5
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Romans
Romans 10:3 For, being ignorant of the justice of God, and seeking to establish their own justice, they have not subjected themselves to the justice of God.Romans 10:3
Romans 10:20 And Isaiah dares to say: “I was discovered by those who were not seeking me. I appeared openly to those who were not asking about me.”Romans 10:20
Romans 11:3 “Lord, they have slain your Prophets. They have overturned your altars. And I alone remain, and they are seeking my life.”Romans 11:3
Romans 11:7 What is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded,Romans 11:7
Number of the word / term Seeking in Romans: 4
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 10:4 And they all drank of the same spiritual drink. And so, they all were drinking of the spiritual rock seeking to obtain them; and that rock was Christ.1 Corinthians 10:4
1 Corinthians 10:33 just as I also, in all things, please everyone, not seeking what is best for myself, but what is best for many others, so that they may be saved.1 Corinthians 10:33
Number of the word / term Seeking in 1 Corinthians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 12:14 Behold, this is the third time I have prepared to come to you, and yet I will not be a burden to you. For I am seeking not the things that are yours, but you yourselves. And neither should the children store up for the parents, but the parents for the children.2 Corinthians 12:14
Number of the word / term Seeking in 2 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 1:10 For am I now persuading men, or God? Or, am I seeking to please men? If I still were pleasing men, then I would not be a servant of Christ.Galatians 1:10
Galatians 2:17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are also found to be sinners, would then Christ be the minister of sin? Let it not be so!Galatians 2:17
Number of the word / term Seeking in Galatians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book Philippians
Philippians 4:17 It is not that I am seeking a gift. Instead, I seek the fruit that abounds to your benefit.Philippians 4:17
Number of the word / term Seeking in Philippians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Seeking’ in the book 1 Peter
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour.1 Peter 5:8
Number of the word / term ‘Seeking’ in 1 Peter: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 104
