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Isaiah 48:16
Approach me and listen to this. From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time anything existed, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me and his Spirit.
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Amos 5:4
For the LORD says to the house of Israel: Seek me and live!
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Numbers 23:19-20
God is not a man, that he might lie, or a son of man, that he might change his mind. Does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?I have indeed received a command to bless; since he has blessed, I cannot change it.
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Jeremiah 29:13-14
You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.I will be found by you”— this is the LORD’s declaration—“ and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and places where I banished you”— this is the LORD’s declaration.“ I will restore you to the place from which I deported you.”
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John 7:37-39
On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out,“ If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.”He said this about the Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit, for the Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
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Isaiah 1:15
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
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Psalms 24:6
Such is the generation of those who inquire of him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
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James 4:3
You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
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Malachi 3:13-14
“ Your words against me are harsh,” says the LORD. Yet you ask,“ What have we spoken against you?”You have said,“ It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping his requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Armies?
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Psalms 12:6
The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times.
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Psalms 19:7-10
The instruction of the LORD is perfect, renewing one’s life; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.The precepts of the LORD are right, making the heart glad; the command of the LORD is radiant, making the eyes light up.The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are reliable and altogether righteous.They are more desirable than gold— than an abundance of pure gold; and sweeter than honey dripping from a honeycomb.
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Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is pure; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
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John 18:20
“ I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered him.“ I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where all the Jews gather, and I haven’t spoken anything in secret.
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Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
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Psalms 111:7-8
The works of his hands are truth and justice; all his instructions are trustworthy.They are established forever and ever, enacted in truth and in uprightness.
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Isaiah 8:19
When they say to you,“ Inquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,” shouldn’t a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
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Proverbs 8:1-4
Doesn’t wisdom call out? Doesn’t understanding make her voice heard?At the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads, she takes her stand.Beside the gates leading into the city, at the main entrance, she cries out:“ People, I call out to you; my cry is to the children of Adam.
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Deuteronomy 30:11-14
“ This command that I give you today is certainly not too difficult or beyond your reach.It is not in heaven so that you have to ask,‘ Who will go up to heaven, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?’And it is not across the sea so that you have to ask,‘ Who will cross the sea, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?’But the message is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may follow it.
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Deuteronomy 29:29
The hidden things belong to the LORD our God, but the revealed things belong to us and our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.
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Isaiah 63:1
Who is this coming from Edom in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah— this one who is splendid in his apparel, striding in his formidable might? It is I, proclaiming vindication, powerful to save.
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2 Chronicles 15 2
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him,“ Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The LORD is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
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Isaiah 45:23
By myself I have sworn; truth has gone from my mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow to me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
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Ezra 8:22
I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him,“ The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who abandon him.”
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Psalms 69:32
The humble will see it and rejoice. You who seek God, take heart!
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1 Chronicles 28 8
“ So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, observe and follow all the commands of the LORD your God so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
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Acts 2:4-8
Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them.Now there were Jews staying in Jerusalem, devout people from every nation under heaven.When this sound occurred, a crowd came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.They were astounded and amazed, saying,“ Look, aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?How is it that each of us can hear them in our own native language?
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Proverbs 1:21
She cries out above the commotion; she speaks at the entrance of the city gates:
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Isaiah 58:1-3
“ Cry out loudly, don’t hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Tell my people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sins.They seek me day after day and delight to know my ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not abandon the justice of their God. They ask me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”“ Why have we fasted, but you have not seen? We have denied ourselves, but you haven’t noticed!”“ Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast, and oppress all your workers.
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Psalms 119:137-138
You are righteous, LORD, and your judgments are just.The decrees you issue are righteous and altogether trustworthy.
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Psalms 69:13
But as for me, LORD, my prayer to you is for a time of favor. In your abundant, faithful love, God, answer me with your sure salvation.
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John 7:28
As he was teaching in the temple, Jesus cried out,“ You know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own, but the one who sent me is true. You don’t know him;
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Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock— his work is perfect; all his ways are just. A faithful God, without bias, he is righteous and true.
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John 7:26
Yet, look, he’s speaking publicly and they’re saying nothing to him. Can it be true that the authorities know he is the Messiah?
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Psalms 9:10
Those who know your name trust in you because you have not abandoned those who seek you, LORD.
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Proverbs 8:6
Listen, for I speak of noble things, and what my lips say is right.
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Matthew 15:8-9
This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines human commands.”
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Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek the LORD while he may be found; call to him while he is near.Let the wicked one abandon his way and the sinful one his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, so he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will freely forgive.
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Isaiah 43:9-10
All the nations are gathered together, and the peoples are assembled. Who among them can declare this, and tell us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate themselves, so that people may hear and say,“ It is true.”“ You are my witnesses”— this is the LORD’s declaration—“ and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and there will be none after me.