What the Bible says about seeking God

The 10 verses readers most often turn to for this topic, quoted in full from the Berean Standard Bible.

Matt 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Matt 7:7–8Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Heb 11:6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Jer 29:13You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

1 Chr 16:11Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Prov 8:17I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.

Ps 63:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

Deut 4:29But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Ps 9:10Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

Ps 34:10Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

These are the verses readers most often turn to for this topic — not a teaching on it. Read each in its chapter.

Sources

The verses of each topic and their order: OpenBible.info topical data, by readers’ votes: OpenBible.info · CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible · Public domain