and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.
Isaiah 51:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition HEARKEN TO Me, you who follow after rightness and justice, you who seek and inquire of [and require] the Lord [claiming Him by necessity and by right]: look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the hole in the quarry from which you were dug; American Standard Version (1901) Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged. Common English Bible Listen to me, you who look for righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry where you were dug. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen to me, you who follow what is just and who seek the Lord. Pay attention to the rock from which you have been hewn, and to the walls of the pit from which you have been dug. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version GIVE ear to me, you that follow that which is just, and you that seek the Lord. Look unto the rock whence you are hewn and to the hole of the pit from which you are dug out. |
and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him he will forsake you.
But when in their distress they turned unto the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
This is the generation of them that seek after him, That seek thy face, O God of Jacob. Selah
For judgement shall return unto righteousness: And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will make my judgement to rest for a light of the peoples.
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour and there be none to quench it in Beth-el:
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgement; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
Brethren, I count not myself yet to have apprehended: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: