Proverbs 8:17
I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.
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- John 14:21 : 21 he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'
- 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 `Therefore -- the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel -- I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.
- Ps 91:14 : 14 Because in Me he hath delighted, I also deliver him -- I set him on high, Because he hath known My name.
- John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said to him, `If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;
- Jas 1:5 : 5 and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;
- 1 John 4:19 : 19 we -- we love him, because He -- He first loved us;
- Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,
- Matt 6:33 : 33 but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.
- Matt 7:7-8 : 7 `Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; 8 for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.
- John 16:27 : 27 for the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth;
- Isa 45:19 : 19 Not in secret have I spoken, in a dark place of the earth, I have not said to the seed of Jacob, In vain seek ye Me, I `am' Jehovah, speaking righteousness, Declaring uprightness.
- Mark 10:14 : 14 and Jesus having seen, was much displeased, and he said to them, `Suffer the children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;
- Prov 1:28 : 28 Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.
- Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'
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- Prov 8:34-363 verses81%
34 O the happiness of the man hearkening to me, To watch at my doors day by day, To watch at the door-posts of my entrance.
35 For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
36 And whoso is missing me, is wronging his soul, All hating me have loved death!
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18 Wealth and honour `are' with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.
- Prov 8:20-223 verses76%
20 In a path of righteousness I cause to walk, In midst of paths of judgment,
21 To cause my lovers to inherit substance, Yea, their treasures I fill.
22 Jehovah possessed me -- the beginning of His way, Before His works since then.
- Prov 8:12-165 verses75%
12 I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.
13 The fear of Jehovah `is' to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.
14 Mine `is' counsel and substance, I `am' understanding, I have might.
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree righteousness,
16 By me do chiefs rule, and nobles, All judges of the earth.
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28 Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not.
- Jer 29:12-132 verses73%
12 `And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,
13 And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;
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15 Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.
- Prov 2:4-52 verses72%
4 If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
5 Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.
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8 Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.
- Prov 8:31-322 verses71%
31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights `are' with the sons of men.
32 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways.
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10 With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
- Song 3:1-33 verses70%
1 On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!
2 -- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not.
3 The watchmen have found me, (Who are going round about the city), `Him whom my soul have loved saw ye?'
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2 O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
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13 O the happiness of a man `who' hath found wisdom, And of a man `who' bringeth forth understanding.
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21 Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
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47 And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
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21 he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'
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8 To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'
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127 Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold.
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1 I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, `Behold Me, behold Me,' Unto a nation not calling in My name.
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29 `And -- ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
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27 Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.
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2 Seeing -- Me day by day they seek, And the knowledge of My ways they desire, As a nation that righteousness hath done, And the judgment of its God hath not forsaken, They ask of me judgments of righteousness, The drawing near of God they desire:
- Eccl 7:24-252 verses68%
24 Far off `is' that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?
25 I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.
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9 All of them `are' plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.
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9 `And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.
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6 Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,
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6 Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.
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1 To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
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18 A tree of life she `is' to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her `is' happy.
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10 I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
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22 `Whoso' hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
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9 `With' my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, `with' my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments `are' on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
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159 See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
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1 A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace.