Topic
Seeking God
86 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 4:29Torrey SHOULD BE — With the heart
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
- Deuteronomy 12:5Torrey In his house
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
- 1 Chronicles 16:11Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — His strength
Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
- 1 Chronicles 22:19Torrey SHOULD BE — With the heart
Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 28:8Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — His commandments
Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after…
- 1 Chronicles 28:9Torrey Ensures — His being found
¶ 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;…
- 2 Chronicles 11:16Torrey SAINTS — Set their hearts to
And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 12:14Torrey THE WICKED — Prepare not their hearts for
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 14:7Torrey Exemplified — Asa
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they…
- 2 Chronicles 15:12Torrey SAINTS — Engage in, with the whole heart
And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
- 2 Chronicles 17:3Torrey Exemplified — Jehoshaphat
And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
- 2 Chronicles 17:4Torrey Exemplified — Jehoshaphat
But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
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- 2 Chronicles 26:5 Torrey Exemplified — Uzziah
- 2 Chronicles 30:19 Torrey SAINTS — Prepare their hearts for
- 2 Chronicles 31:21 Torrey Exemplified — Hezekiah
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 Torrey Exemplified — Josiah
- Ezra 4:2 Torrey THE WICKED — Sometimes pretend to
- Ezra 7:10 Torrey Exemplified — Ezra
- Ezra 8:22 Torrey Ensures — His protection
- Job 5:8 Torrey SAINTS — Desirous of
- Job 8:5 Torrey By prayer
- Job 8:6 Torrey Ensures — Prosperity
- Psalms 9:10 Torrey Ensures — His not forsaking us
- Psalms 10:4 Torrey THE WICKED — Refuse, through pride
- Psalms 14:2 Torrey None, by nature, are found to be engaged in
- Psalms 14:3 Torrey THE WICKED — Are gone out of the way of
- Psalms 22:26 Torrey Ends in praise
- Psalms 24:6 Torrey SAINTS — Characterised by
- Psalms 27:4 Torrey In his house
- Psalms 27:8 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — His face
- Psalms 34:4 Torrey Ensures — Being heard of him
- Psalms 34:10 Torrey Ensures — Prosperity
- Psalms 63:1 Torrey SAINTS — Early in
- Psalms 69:32 Torrey Ensures — Life
- Psalms 70:4 Torrey Leads to joy
- Psalms 77:2 Torrey SHOULD BE — In the day of trouble
- Psalms 78:33 Torrey Afflictions designed to lead to
- Psalms 78:34 Torrey Afflictions designed to lead to
- Psalms 83:16 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — His Name
- Psalms 105:3 Torrey Leads to joy
- Psalms 105:4 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — His face
- Psalms 119:2 Torrey Blessedness of
- Psalms 119:10 Torrey SAINTS — Engage in, with the whole heart
- Psalms 119:45 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — His precepts
- Psalms 119:94 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — His precepts
- Proverbs 1:28 Torrey THE WICKED — Rejected, when too late in
- Proverbs 8:17 Torrey Ensures — His being found
- Proverbs 28:5 Torrey Ensures — Understanding all things
- Song of Songs 3:2 Torrey SAINTS — Earnest in
- Song of Songs 3:4 Torrey SAINTS — Earnest in
- Isaiah 8:19 Torrey Imperative upon all
- Isaiah 9:13 Torrey THE WICKED — Not led to, by affliction
- Isaiah 26:9 Torrey SAINTS — Early in
- Isaiah 31:1 Torrey They who neglect denounced
- Isaiah 34:16 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — His word
- Isaiah 45:19 Torrey Is never in vain
- Isaiah 55:6 Torrey Commanded
- Isaiah 58:2 Torrey THE WICKED — Sometimes pretend to
- Jeremiah 29:13 Torrey Ensures — His being found
- Lamentations 3:25 Torrey Ensures — His favour
- Daniel 9:3 Torrey By prayer
- Daniel 9:4 Torrey Exemplified — Daniel
- Hosea 5:15 Torrey Afflictions designed to lead to
- Hosea 10:12 Torrey SHOULD BE — Immediate
- Amos 5:4 Torrey Ensures — Life
- Amos 5:6 Torrey Ensures — Life
- Zephaniah 1:4–6 Torrey Punishment of those who neglect
- Zephaniah 2:3 Torrey SAINTS — Specially exhorted to
- Malachi 2:7 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — His commandments
- Malachi 3:1 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — Christ
- Matthew 6:33 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — His kingdom
- Matthew 7:7 Torrey Commanded
- Luke 2:15 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — Christ
- Luke 2:16 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — Christ
- Luke 12:23 Torrey None, by nature, are found to be engaged in
- Luke 12:30 Torrey None, by nature, are found to be engaged in
- Luke 12:31 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — His kingdom
- John 5:44 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — Honour which comes from him
- Romans 3:11 Torrey None, by nature, are found to be engaged in
- Romans 3:12 Torrey THE WICKED — Are gone out of the way of
- Galatians 2:16 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — Justification by Christ
- Galatians 2:17 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — Justification by Christ
- Hebrews 11:6 Torrey SHOULD BE — With diligence
- Hebrews 11:10 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — The city which God has prepared
- Hebrews 11:16 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — The city which God has prepared
- Hebrews 13:14 Torrey INCLUDES SEEKING — The city which God has prepared
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 101 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Commanded Isa 55:6; Mt 7:7
- INCLUDES SEEKING
- His Name Ps 83:16
- His word Isa 34:16
- His face Ps 27:8; 105:4
- His strength 1Ch 16:11; Ps 105:4
- His commandments 1Ch 28:8; Mal 2:7
- His precepts Ps 119:45,94
- His kingdom Mt 6:33; Lu 12:31
- His righteousness Mt 6:33
- Christ Mal 3:1; Lu 2:15,16
- Honour which comes from him Joh 5:44
- Justification by Christ Ga 2:16,17
- The city which God has prepared Heb 11:10,16; 13:14
- By prayer Job 8:5; Da 9:3
- In his house De 12:5; Ps 27:4
- SHOULD BE
- Ensures
- Imperative upon all Isa 8:19
- Afflictions designed to lead to Ps 78:33,34; Ho 5:15
- None, by nature, are found to be engaged in Ps 14:2; Ro 3:11; Lu 12:23,30
- SAINTS
- Is never in vain Isa 45:19
- Blessedness of Ps 119:2
- Leads to joy Ps 70:4; 105:3
- Ends in praise Ps 22:26
- Promise connected with Ps 69:32
- Shall be rewarded Heb 11:6
- THE WICKED
- They who neglect denounced Isa 31:1
- Punishment of those who neglect Zep 1:4-6
- Exemplified
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.