Isaiah 55:6 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Seek, inquire for, and require the Lord while He may be found [claiming Him by necessity and by right]; call upon Him while He is near. American Standard Version (1901) Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near: Common English Bible Seek the LORD when he can still be found; call him while he is yet near. Catholic Public Domain Version Seek the Lord, while he is able to be found. Call upon him, while he is near. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Seek ye the Lord while he may be found: call upon him while he is near. |
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Nevertheless, there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
And Shechani´ah the son of Jehi´el, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
if thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the Lord.
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice,
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth–el.
but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.