Many people are searching – for meaning, for support, for God. The Bible promises: Whoever seeks will find. And it tells us something even more surprising: God himself is a seeker. Here you will find 20 Bible verses about seeking God.
Whoever seeks will find
Promises for those who are searching.
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You will seek me and find me. For if you seek me with all your heart, you will find me.
Jeremiah 29:13-14aGod's nearness
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Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; everyone who seeks finds; and everyone who knocks will be let in.
Matthew 7:7-8Answered prayer
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But if you seek the LORD, your God, you will find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 4:29
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My heart holds fast your word: "You shall seek my face." Therefore I also seek your face, LORD.
Psalm 27:8God's nearness
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Ask the LORD and inquire of him; seek his face always!
Psalm 105:4
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Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
Isaiah 55:6
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Therefore the LORD says to the house of Israel: Seek me, and you will live.
Amos 5:4
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I love those who love me; and those who seek me early will find me.
Proverbs 8:17
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But without faith it is impossible to please God; for whoever comes to God must believe that he exists and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
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That they should seek the LORD, so that they might feel and find him; for truly, he is not far from any of us.
Acts 17:27God's nearness
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God, you are my God; early I wake to you. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry and parched land, where there is no water.
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First seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you.
Matthew 6:33DecisionsRighteousness
God is seeking you
The God who seeks the lost.
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For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what is lost.
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Which man among you has a hundred sheep and, if he loses one, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one until he finds it?
Luke 15:4
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Or which woman has ten silver coins and, if she loses one, does not light a lamp and search the house diligently until she finds it?
Luke 15:8
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And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was filled with compassion, ran and fell on his neck, weeping, and kissed him.
Luke 15:20RepentanceGod as Father
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For thus says the LORD, the LORD: Behold, I will take care of my flock myself and seek them.
Ezekiel 34:11
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I will seek the lost again and bring back the strayed, and bind up the injured, and will tend the weak; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and will pasture them with judgment.
Ezekiel 34:16Weakness
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And God the LORD called to Adam and said to him: Where are you?
Genesis 3:9
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But the time is coming, and is already here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father desires those who worship him.
John 4:23
Bible texts: Luther Bible 1912 (public domain), carefully adapted to modern spelling.
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Whoever seeks will find
"For if you seek me with all your heart, you will find me," says the LORD (Jeremiah 29:13-14). This promise is in the same letter as the famous verse about God's "thoughts of peace". Jesus confirms it in the Sermon on the Mount: "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7). The Bible takes seekers seriously. It does not demand that you already know everything – only that you seek honestly. Paul tells the philosophers in Athens that God created people "so that they should seek the LORD, so that they might feel and find him" (Acts 17:27).
God, the Seeker
Even more amazing is that the Bible describes God himself as a seeker. His first question to man after the Fall is: "Where are you?" (Genesis 3:9). Jesus says about himself: "For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what is lost" (Luke 19:10). In Luke 15, he tells three stories about seeking and finding: a sheep, a coin, a son. Each one ends with a celebration. Find out more about Bible verses about the good shepherd, Bible verses for doubt and Bible verses about conversion.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does it say "Seek, and you will find"?
In Matthew 7:7 and Luke 11:9.
What does Jeremiah 29:13 mean?
God promises to let himself be found by those who seek him with all their heart – a promise for everyone who asks about God.
