Isaiah 55:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.

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  • Jer 29:12-14 : 12 Then you will call upon me, and you will go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD; and I will bring you back to the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive.
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Seek Me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
  • Ps 32:6 : 6 For this reason, everyone who is godly shall pray to You in a time when You may be found; surely, in the floods of great waters, they shall not come near him.
  • Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
  • Ps 14:2 : 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any who understood and sought God.
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those that heard him;
  • 2 Cor 6:1-2 : 1 We then, as workers together with Him, urge you also not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For He says, I have heard you in an acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I have helped you; behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
  • Job 8:5 : 5 If you would seek God earnestly, and make your supplication to the Almighty;
  • Ps 145:18 : 18 The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.
  • Isa 65:24 : 24 It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
  • Deut 4:7 : 7 For what nation is there so great, who has God so near to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
  • Ps 27:8 : 8 When You said, 'Seek My face,' my heart said to You, 'Your face, LORD, I will seek.'
  • Ps 148:14 : 14 He also exalts the strength of His people, the praise of all His saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near to Him. Praise the LORD.
  • Isa 46:13 : 13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not delay: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it will be opened.
  • John 12:35-36 : 35 Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; for he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. These things Jesus spoke, and departed and hid himself from them.
  • Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout, inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of you.
  • Ps 75:1 : 1 Unto you, O God, do we give thanks; unto you do we give thanks, for your name is near, your wondrous works declare.
  • Ps 95:7 : 7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if you will hear his voice,
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless, there are good things found in you, in that you have removed the groves out of the land and have prepared your heart to seek God.
  • Isa 49:8 : 8 Thus says the LORD, In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you: and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
  • Ezek 8:6 : 6 He said furthermore to me, Son of man, do you see what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations.
  • Eph 3:13 : 13 Therefore I ask that you not faint at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
  • Luke 13:25 : 25 When once the master of the house has arisen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us; and he will answer and say to you, I do not know you, where you are from:
  • John 7:33-34 : 33 Then Jesus said to them, I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to him who sent me. 34 You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.
  • John 8:21 : 21 Then Jesus said again to them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come.
  • Heb 3:13 : 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
  • Matt 5:25 : 25 Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 29:12-14
    3 verses
    77%

    12Then you will call upon me, and you will go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

    13And you will seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

    14And I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD; and I will bring you back to the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive.

  • 7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  • 4For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek me, and you shall live:

  • 5Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and nations that do not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and the Holy One of Israel; for He has glorified you.

  • Deut 4:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29But if from there you shall seek the LORD your God, you shall find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.

    30When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the LORD your God, and be obedient to his voice;

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    10Glory in his holy name; let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

    11Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his face continually.

  • 6Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

  • Ps 105:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Glory in his holy name: let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

    4Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face continually.

  • 4But when they in their trouble turned to the LORD God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

  • 28Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;

  • Zeph 2:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Before the decree comes forth, before the day passes like chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you.

    3Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have carried out His judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you shall be hidden in the day of the LORD'S anger.

  • 1I am sought by those who did not ask for me; I am found by those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am, here I am,' to a nation that was not called by my name.

  • 9Then you shall call, and the LORD shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If you take away the yoke from among you, the pointing of the finger, and speaking vanity;

  • 2And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you are with Him; and if you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

  • 6Therefore, turn to your God: keep mercy and justice, and wait on your God continually.

  • 6They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

  • 6And those that have turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for Him.

  • Joel 2:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.

    13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and he repents of the evil.

  • 27So that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might feel for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

  • 5If you would seek God earnestly, and make your supplication to the Almighty;

  • 2Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice and take delight in approaching God.

  • 12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

  • 8When You said, 'Seek My face,' my heart said to You, 'Your face, LORD, I will seek.'

  • 3Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.

  • 6For this reason, everyone who is godly shall pray to You in a time when You may be found; surely, in the floods of great waters, they shall not come near him.

  • 5For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon You.

  • 6This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O Jacob. Selah.

  • 15And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.

  • 1Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who executes judgment, who seeks the truth; and I will pardon it.

  • 40Let us search and examine our ways and turn back to the LORD.

  • 6Turn to Him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

  • 18The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

  • 7And there is none who calls upon your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you: for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities.

  • 1O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.

  • 14Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

  • 7For what nation is there so great, who has God so near to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

  • 13Therefore now amend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will relent of the evil that he has pronounced against you.

  • 16As for me, I will call upon God, and the LORD shall save me.

  • 14Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken.

  • 4In those days and at that time, says the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go and seek the LORD their God.

  • 1Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.

  • 6Then the LORD said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear the words of this covenant, and do them.

  • 1Call now, if there be any who will answer you; and to which of the holy ones will you turn?