Proverbs 8:17

The Passion Translation

I will show my love to those who passionately love me. For they will search and search continually until they find me.

Cross References

Psalm 91:14

For here is what the Lord has spoken to me: “Because you loved me, delighted in me, and have been loyal to my name, I will greatly protect you.

Proverbs 1:28

you will cry out to me, but I won’t answer. Then it will be too late to expect my help. When desperation drives you to search for me, I will be nowhere to be found.

Proverbs 2:4

For if you keep seeking it like a man would seek for sterling silver, searching in hidden places for cherished treasure,

Proverbs 2:5

then you will discover the fear of the Lord and find the true knowledge of God.

Proverbs 4:6

Stick with wisdom and she will stick to you, protecting you throughout your days. She will rescue all those who passionately listen to her voice.

Proverbs 8:16

I empower princes to rise and take dominion, and generous ones to govern the earth.

Song of Solomon 3:4

Just as I moved past them, I encountered him. I found the one I adore! I caught him and fastened myself to him, refusing to be feeble in my heart again. Now I’ll bring him back to the temple within where I was given new birth— into my innermost parts, the place of my conceiving.

Isaiah 45:19

I didn’t whisper in secret, in a realm of darkness. I didn’t say to Jacob’s tribes, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I am Yahweh! I speak the truth and declare to you what is right!

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord Yahweh when he makes himself approachable; call upon him when you sense he is near.

Matthew 6:33

“So above all, constantly seek God’s kingdom and his righteousness, then all these less important things will be given to you abundantly.

Mark 10:14

When Jesus saw what was happening, he became indignant with his disciples and said to them, “Let all the little children come to me and never hinder them! Don’t you know that God’s kingdom exists for such as these?

John 14:21

Those who truly love me are those who obey my commands. Whoever passionately loves me will be passionately loved by my Father. And I will passionately love him in return and will reveal myself to him.”

John 14:23

Jesus replied, “Loving me empowers you to obey my word. And my Father will love you so deeply that we will come to you and make you our dwelling place.

John 16:27

For the Father tenderly loves you, because you love me and believe that I’ve come from God.

John 5:4

For an angel of God periodically descended into the pool to stir the waters, and the first one who stepped into the pool after the waters swirled would instantly be healed.

John 7:37

Then on the most important day of the feast, the last day, Jesus stood and shouted out to the crowds—“All you thirsty ones, come to me! Come to me and drink!

James 1:5

And if anyone longs to be wise, ask God for wisdom and he will give it! He won’t see your lack of wisdom as an opportunity to scold you over your failures but he will overwhelm your failures with his generous grace.

1 John 4:19

Our love for others is our grateful response to the love God first demonstrated to us.