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18 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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- 1 Chronicles 28:9ISBE
¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee;…
- Ezra 4:15ISBE
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old…
- Ezra 4:19ISBE
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
- Job 8:8ISBE
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
- Job 29:16ISBE
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
- Psalms 44:21ISBE
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
- Psalms 139:1ISBE
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
- Proverbs 20:27ISBE
The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
- Ecclesiastes 1:13ISBE
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
- Jeremiah 17:10ISBE
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Lamentations 3:40ISBE
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
- Matthew 2:8ISBE
And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
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- John 5:39 ISBE
- Acts 17:11 ISBE
- Romans 8:27 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 2:10 ISBE
- 1 Peter 1:10 ISBE
- 1 Peter 1:11 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 18 references
surch: Some peculiar senses are:
(1) In the books of Moses, especially in Nu, "searching out the land" means to spy out (raggel), to investigate carefully, to examine with a view to giving a full and accurate report on.
(2) When applied to the Scriptures, as in Ezr 4:15,19 (baqqer); Joh 5:39; 1Pe 1:11 (eraunao), it means to examine, to study out the meaning. In Ac 17:11, the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "examining" for the "searched" of the King James Version. See SEARCHINGS.
(3) "Search out" often means to study critically, to investigate carefully, e.g. Job 8:8; 29:16; Ec 1:13; La 3:40; Mt 2:8; 1Co 2:10; 1Pe 1:10.
(4) When the word is applied to God's searching the heart or spirit, it means His opening up, laying bare, disclosing what was hidden, e.g. 1Ch 28:9; Ps 44:21; 139:1; Pr 20:27; Jer 17:10; Ro 8:27.
G. H. Gerberding
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.