Bible Verses About Seekers

"ADONAI-Tzva'ot says, 'In the future, peoples and inhabitants of many cities will come;

the inhabitants of one city will travel to another and say, "We must go to ask ADONAI's favor and consult ADONAI-Tzva'ot. I'll go too."

Yes, many peoples and powerful nations will come to consult ADONAI-Tzva'ot in Yerushalayim and to ask ADONAI's favor.'

ADONAI-Tzva'ot says, 'When that time comes, ten men will take hold - speaking all the languages of the nations - will grab hold of the cloak of a Jew and say, "We want to go with you, because we have heard that God is with you."'"

"How blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness! for they will be filled.

But seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

"Keep asking, and it will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find; keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who keeps asking receives; he who keeps seeking finds; and to him who keeps knocking, the door will be opened.

Is there anyone here who, if his son asks him for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone?

or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

So if you, even though you are bad, know how to give your children gifts that are good, how much more will your Father in heaven keep giving good things to those who keep asking him!

"Always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that sums up the teaching of the Torah and the Prophets.

"How blessed are you who are hungry! for you will be filled. "How blessed are you who are crying now! for you will laugh.

“Moreover, I myself say to you: keep asking, and it will be given to you; keep seeking, and you will find; keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who goes on asking receives; and he who goes on seeking finds; and to him who continues knocking, the door will be opened.

“Is there any father here who, if his son asked him for a fish, would instead of a fish give him a snake?

or if he asked for an egg would give him a scorpion?

So if you, even though you are bad, know how to give your children gifts that are good, how much more will the Father keep giving the Ruach HaKodesh from heaven to those who keep asking him!”

He answered, “Struggle to get in through the narrow door, because — I’m telling you! — many will be demanding to get in and won’t be able to,

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, his mother, his wife, his children, his brothers and his sisters, yes, and his own life besides, he cannot be my talmid.

Whoever does not carry his own execution-stake and come after me cannot be my talmid.

“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Don’t you sit down and estimate the cost, to see if you have enough capital to complete it?

If you don’t, then when you have laid the foundation but can’t finish, all the onlookers start making fun of you

and say, ‘This is the man who began to build, but couldn’t finish!’

“Or again, suppose one king is going out to wage war with another king. Doesn’t he first sit down and consider whether he, with his ten thousand troops, has enough strength to meet the other one, who is coming against him with twenty thousand?