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Jeremiah 29:13

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

KJV

Quæretis me, et invenietis, cum quæsieritis me in toto corde vestro.

Vulgate

ὅτι τάδε εἶπεν Κύριος Οἷς οὐκ ἦν νόμος πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον, ἔπιον· καὶ σὺ ἀθῳωμένη οὐ μὴ ἀθῳωθῇς,

LXX

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

ASV

וּ/בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם אֹתִ֖/י וּ/מְצָאתֶ֑ם כִּ֥י תִדְרְשֻׁ֖/נִי בְּ/כָל לְבַבְ/כֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
הוּ
hv
verb · 165×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Abba Arsenius said, "If we seek God, he will show himself to us, and if we hold him, he will remain close to us."
Abba Sisoes said, "Seek God and do not seek where he dwells."

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 16:10 — Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
  • 1Chr 28:9 — 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
  • 1Kgs 2:4 — That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall n
  • 1Kgs 8:47 — Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned,
  • 2Chr 6:37 — Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wick
  • 2Chr 22:9 — And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who so
  • 2Chr 31:21 — And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
  • 2Chr 31:21 — And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
  • 2Kgs 23:3 — And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul,
  • 2Kgs 23:25 — And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose th
  • Amos 5:4 — For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
  • Deut 4:29 — 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.
  • Deut 30:1 — And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD
  • Deut 30:2 — And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
  • Eccl 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
  • Heb 11:6 — But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
  • Hos 5:15 — I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
  • Isa 45:19 — I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
  • Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Jer 3:10 — And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 24:7 — And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
  • Joel 2:12 — Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
  • Lev 26:40 — If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
  • Luke 11:9 — And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
  • Mark 10:48 — And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
  • Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
  • Ps 9:10 — And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
  • Ps 27:4 — One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
  • Ps 32:6 — For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
  • Ps 91:15 — He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
  • Ps 119:2 — Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
  • Ps 119:2 — Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
  • Ps 119:10 — With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:58 — I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
  • Ps 119:69 — The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
  • Ps 119:145 — I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
  • Ps 119:145 — I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
  • Song 3:4 — It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that
  • Zeph 2:1 — Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;