Proverbs 8:17

New English Translation

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:3

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

Psalm 91:14

The Lord says, “Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

Proverbs 1:28

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

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,

Proverbs 2:5

then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God.

Proverbs 4:6

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

Proverbs 8:16

by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth – before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;

Song of Solomon 3:4

Scarcely had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him tightly and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother’s house, to the bedroom chamber of the one who conceived me.

Isaiah 45:19

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.

Isaiah 55:6

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

Matthew 6:33

But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

John 14:21

The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.”

John 14:23

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.

John 16:27

For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

John 7:37

On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and

James 1:5

But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

1 John 4:19

We love because he loved us first.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!