4 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

• Faith
• Love
• Wisdom

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

• 1Chr 16:10 — Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
• 1John 4:19 — We love him, because he first loved us.
• 1Sam 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I
• 2Chr 34:3 — For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and
• 2Thess 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• 2Tim 3:15 — And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
• Eccl 12:1 — Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
• Eccl 12:1 — Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
• 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.
• Isa 26:9 — With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
• 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:
• Jas 1:5 — If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
• Jas 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• John 1:39 — He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
• John 14:21 — He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
• John 14:23 — Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
• John 16:27 — For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
• Mark 10:14 — But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
• Mark 16:6 — And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
• Matt 2:9 — When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
• Matt 6:33 — But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
• Matt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
• Prov 1:4 — To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
• Prov 1:28 — Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
• Prov 1:28 — Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
• Prov 12:1 — Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
• Ps 34:11 — Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
• Ps 63:1 — O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
• Ps 71:6 — By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
• Ps 91:14 — Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
• Ps 105:3 — Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
• 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