Isaiah 55:6

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Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 29:12-14 : 12 When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers. 13 When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul, 14 I will make myself available to you,’ says the LORD.‘Then I will reverse your plight and will regather you from all the nations and all the places where I have exiled you,’ says the LORD.‘I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.’
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,‘Seek me in vain!’ I am the LORD, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.
  • Ps 32:6 : 6 For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.
  • Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek the LORD so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph’s family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.
  • Ps 14:2 : 2 The LORD looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
  • 2 Cor 6:1-2 : 1 God’s Suffering Servants Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says,“I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!
  • Job 8:5 : 5 But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,
  • Ps 145:18 : 18 The LORD is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.
  • Isa 65:24 : 24 Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the LORD examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
  • Deut 4:7 : 7 In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the LORD our God whenever we call on him?
  • Ps 27:8 : 8 My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.
  • Ps 148:14 : 14 He has made his people victorious, and given all his loyal followers reason to praise– the Israelites, the people who are close to him. Praise the LORD!
  • Isa 46:13 : 13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away; I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait. I will save Zion; I will adorn Israel with my splendor.”
  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, Seek, Knock“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
  • John 12:35-36 : 35 Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.
  • Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”
  • Ps 75:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a psalm of Asaph; a song. We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks! You reveal your presence; people tell about your amazing deeds.
  • Ps 95:7 : 7 For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him!
  • 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow God.”
  • Isa 49:8 : 8 This is what the LORD says:“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property.
  • Ezek 8:6 : 6 He said to me,“Son of man, do you see what they are doing– the great abominations that the people of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!”
  • Eph 3:13 : 13 For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
  • Luke 13:25 : 25 Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him,‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you,‘I don’t know where you come from.’
  • John 7:33-34 : 33 Then Jesus said,“I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me. 34 You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”
  • John 8:21 : 21 Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going Then Jesus said to them again,“I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.”
  • Heb 3:13 : 13 But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called“Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception.
  • Matt 5:25 : 25 Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

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    12When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

    13When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,

    14I will make myself available to you,’ says the LORD.‘Then I will reverse your plight and will regather you from all the nations and all the places where I have exiled you,’ says the LORD.‘I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.’

  • Isa 55:7
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    7The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.

  • Amos 5:4
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    4The LORD says this to the family of Israel:“Seek me so you can live!

  • Isa 55:5
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    5Look, you will summon nations you did not previously know; nations that did not previously know you will run to you, because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he bestows honor on you.

  • Deut 4:29-30
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    29But if you seek the LORD your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.

    30In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the LORD your God and obey him

  • 1 Chr 16:10-11
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    10Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!

    11Seek the LORD and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!

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    6Seek the LORD so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph’s family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.

  • Ps 105:3-4
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    3Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!

    4Seek the LORD and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!

  • 2 Chr 15:4
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    4Because of their distress, they turned back to the LORD God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them.

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    28Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.

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    2before God’s decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the LORD’s raging anger overtakes you– before the day of the LORD’s angry judgment overtakes you!

    3Seek the LORD’s favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the LORD’s angry judgment.

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    2He met Asa and told him,“Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you.

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    6But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.

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    6and those who turn their backs on the LORD and do not want the LORD’s help or guidance.”

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    27so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

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    5But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

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    2They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.

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    12People will stagger from sea to sea, and from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a message from the LORD, but they will not find any.

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    8My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.

  • Jer 33:3
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    3‘Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.’

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    6For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

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    5Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

  • Ps 24:6
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    6Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob’s descendants, who pray to him.(Selah)

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    15Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”

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    6You Israelites! Return to the one against whom you have so blatantly rebelled!

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    18The LORD is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.

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    7No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.

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    14Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the temple of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

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    13But correct the way you have been living and do what is right. Obey the LORD your God. If you do, the LORD will forgo destroying you as he threatened he would.

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    16As for me, I will call out to God, and the LORD will deliver me.

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