דָּרַשׁ

Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.