YAHWEH, The only True "God", desires to have a relationship with you. He longs to have you seek to know Him personally, and thereby be able to experience all the wonderful things He has to offer to you. The following passages of Scripture reveal that desire. They also reveal how to draw closer to Him. They'll also reveal some of the many benefits of drawing closer to Him. As with any verse of Scripture, it's most helpful to study these within their full context. Once you've reviewed these verses, perhaps you should consider reading each passage that surrounds these verses also, so you can gain a deeper understanding of what is being stated, and why. May YAHWEH draw you closer to Him than you are at this moment as you review them prayerfully and carefully.
Note: The term, Elohim, is used often in these verses. It represents what we normally refer to as "god". But it also has some other meanings that are very important. When uses in conjunction with YAHWEH, as in YAHWEH Elohim, it can also mean 'YAHWEH, My Elohim (God)", or it can mean "YAHWEH, The Mightiest One". For more detail on this please refer to Definitions.
Lev 19:30: You shall keep My sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am YAHWEH. 31 Regard not those that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am YAHWEH, your Elohim (God).
Num 15:39: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that you may look at it, and remember all the commandments of YAHWEH, and do them; and that you seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to go whoring: 40 that you may remember, and do all My commandments, and be holy unto your Elohim (God). 41 I am YAHWEH, your Elohim (God), who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your Elohim (God): I am YAHWEH, your Elohim (God).
Deut 4:29: But if from there you shall seek YAHWEH, your Elohim, you shall find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things have come upon you, even in the latter days, if you turn to YAHWEH, your Elohim, and shall be obedient unto His voice; 31 (For YAHWEH, your Elohim, is a merciful Elohim;) He will not forsake you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.
Deut 12:5: But to the place which YAHWEH, your Elohim, shall choose (out of all your tribes) to put His name there, even unto His dwelling place shall you seek, and there you shall come:
1 Chron 16:10: Glory in His holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek YAHWEH. 11 Seek YAHWEH and His strength. Seek His face continually.
1 Chron 22:19: Now set your heart and your soul to seek YAHWEH, your Elohim. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of YAHWEH Elohim, to bring the Ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH, and the holy vessels of YAHWEH, into the house that is to be built to the name of YAHWEH.
1 Chron 28:8: Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of YAHWEH, and in the audience of our Elohim, keep and seek for all the commandments of YAHWEH, your Elohim: that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. 9 And you, Solomon my son, know the Elohim of your father, and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind. For YAHWEH searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek Him He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off for ever.
2 Chron 7:14: If My people, who are called by My name (YAHWEH), shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chron 11:15: And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. 16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel Those who set their hearts to seek YAHWEH, The Elohim of Israel, came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto YAHWEH, The Elohim of their fathers.
2 Chron 12:14: And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek YAHWEH.
2 Chron 14:4: And commanded Judah to seek YAHWEH, The Elohim of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
2 Chron 15:2: Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; YAHWEH is with you, while you are with Him; and if you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
2 Chron 15:12: And they entered into a covenant to seek YAHWEH, The Elohim of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul; 13 that whoever would not seek YAHWEH, The Elohim of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14 And they swore unto Yahweh with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
2 Chron 19:3: Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the groves (places of prostitution and idol worship) out of the land, and have prepared your heart to seek YAHWEH.
2 Chron 20:3: And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek YAHWEH, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of YAHWEH: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek YAHWEH.
2 Chron 30:18: But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good YAHWEH pardon every one 19 that prepares his heart to seek Elohim, YAHWEH, The Elohim of his fathers, though he is not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
2 Chron 31:21: And in every work that he began in the service of the House of YAHWEH, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his Elohim, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
2 Chron 34:3: For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after The Elohim of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
Ezra 6:21: And the children of Israel, who had 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 YAHWEH, The Elohim of Israel, did eat, 22 and kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy: for YAHWEH had made them joyful.
Ezra 7:10: For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of YAHWEH, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
Ezra 8:21: Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our Elohim, to seek of Him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Ezra 8:22: The hand of our Elohim is upon all them for good that seek Him; but His power and His wrath is against all them that forsake Him.
Job 5:8: I would seek unto YAHWEH, and unto YAHWEH would I commit my cause: 9 who does great things and unsearchable ones, marvellous things without number:
Psalms 9:9: Yahweh also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10 And they that know Your name will put their trust in You. For You, YAHWEH, have not forsaken them that seek You.
Psalms 10 :4: The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after YAHWEH: YAHWEH is not in all his thoughts.
Psalms 14:2: YAHWEH looked down from Heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that understood, and seek YAHWEH. 3 They have all gone aside; they have all together become filthy: there is none that does good, no, not one.
Psalms 22:26: The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise YAHWEH who seek Him: your heart shall live for ever.
Psalms 24: :3 Who shall ascend into the hill of YAHWEH, or who shall stand in His holy place? 4 He that has clean hands, and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive the blessing from YAHWEH, and righteousness from The Elohim of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek Your face, O Jacob.
Psalms 27:4: One thing have I desired of YAHWEH, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of YAHWEH all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to enquire in His Temple.
Psalms 27:8: When you said, Seek My face; my heart said unto You, Your face, YAHWEH, will I seek. 9 Hide not Your face far from me. Put not Your servant away in anger. You have been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, Oh Elohim of my salvation.
Psalms 34:10: The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek YAHWEH shall not want any good thing. 11 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of YAHWEH. 12 What man is he that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15 The eyes of YAHWEH are upon the righteous, and His ears are open to their cry. 16 The face of YAHWEH is against those that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and YAHWEH hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. 18 YAHWEH near to those that are of a broken heart; and saves such as are of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
Psalms 40:16: Let all those that seek You rejoice and be glad in You: let such as love Your salvation say continually, YAHWEH be magnified.
Psalms 53:1: The fool has said in his heart, There is no elohim (god). They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is none that does good. 2 YAHWEH looked down from Heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that understood, that sought YAHWEH. 3 Every one of them has gone backward: they have altogether become filthy; there is none that does good, no, not one.
Psalms 63:1: Oh YAHWEH, You are my Elohim; early will I seek You: my soul thirsts for You, my flesh longs for You as in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water; 2 to see Your power and Your glory, just as I have seen You in the sanctuary.
Psalms 69:6 : Let not those who wait on You, YAHWEH, YAHWEH of Assemblies, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek You be confounded for my sake, Oh Elohim of Israel.
Psalms 69:32: The humble shall see this and be glad: and your heart shall live, who seek YAHWEH.
Psalms 70:4: Let all those that seek You rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love Your salvation say continually, Let Elohim be magnified.
Psalms 83:16: Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Your name, YAHWEH.
Psalms 105:1 : O give thanks to YAHWEH; call upon His name: make known His deeds among the people. 2 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him. Talk of all His wondrous works. 3 Glory in His holy name. Let the heart of them rejoice that seek YAHWEH. 4 Seek YAHWEH, and His strength: seek His face evermore. 5 Remember His marvelous works that He has done; His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth; 6 Oh you seed of Abraham, His servant, you children of Jacob His chosen, 7 He is YAHWEH, our Elohim. His judgments are in all the earth.
Psalms 119:1: ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of YAHWEH. 2 Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in His ways.
Psalms 119:45: And I will walk at liberty: for I seek Your precepts. 46 I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47 And I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I have loved. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto Your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in Your statutes.
Psalms 119:155: Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not Your statutes.
Prov 7:15: Therefore I came forth to meet You, diligently to seek Your face, and I have found You.
Prov 8:17: I love them that love Me; and those that seek Me early shall find Me.
Prov 28:5: Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek YAHWEH understand all things
Isaiah 9:13 : For the people turn not to Him that smites them, neither do they seek YAHWEH of Assemblies. 14 Therefore YAHWEH will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Isaiah 26:9: With my soul have I desired You in the night; indeed, with my spirit within me will I seek You early. For when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isaiah 34:16: Seek out of the book of YAHWEH, and read: not one of these shall fail.
Isaiah 45:19: I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not to the seed of Jacob, You seek me in vain. I, YAHWEH, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
Isaiah 51:1: Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek YAHWEH: look to The Rock from which you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from where you were dug.
Isaiah 55:6: Seek YAHWEH while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return to YAHWEH; and He will have mercy on him; and to our Elohim, for He will abundantly pardon. 8 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says YAHWEH.
Isaiah 58:1: Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show My people their transgression, and the House of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their Elohim. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice. They take delight in approaching to The Elohim.
Jer 29:11: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says YAHWEH, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12 Then shall you call upon Me, and you shall go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you shall seek Me, and find Me, when you shall search for Me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, says YAHWEH.
Jer 50:4: In those days, and in that time, says YAHWEH, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; going and weeping: they shall go, and seek YAHWEH. their Elohim.
Dan 9:3: And I set my face toward YAHWEH Elohim, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. 4 And I prayed to YAHWEH, my Elohim, and made my confession, and said, Oh YAHWEH, the great and dreadful Elohim, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love Him, and to them that keep His commandments; 5 we have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and from Your judgments. 6 Neither have we listened to Your servants, the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 Oh YAHWEH, righteousness belongs to You; but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries where You have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against You. 8 Oh YAHWEH, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
Hos 5:6: They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek YAHWEH, but they shall not find Him. He has withdrawn Himself from them. 7 They have dealt treacherously against YAHWEH, for they have begotten strange children. Now shall a new moon (symbol of Islam) devour them with their portions.
Hos 5:15: I will go and return to My place, until they acknowledge their offence, and seek My face: in their affliction they will seek Me early.
Hos 7:10: And the pride of Israel testifies to His face: and they do not return to YAHWEH, their Elohim, nor seek Him for all this.
Hos 10:12: Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek YAHWEH, until He comes and rains righteousness upon you.
Amos 5:4: For thus says YAHWEH to the House of Israel, Seek Me, and you shall live. 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. 6 Seek YAHWEH and you shall live; lest He break out like fire in the House of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7 You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off doing righteousness in the earth, 8 seek Him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth. YAHWEH is His name: 9 who strengthens the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Amos 5:14: Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so YAHWEH, the God of Assemblies, shall be with you, as you have spoken. 15 Hate the evil, and love the good; and establish judgment in the gate. It may be that YAHWEH. YAHWEH of Assemblies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 8:11: Behold, the days come, says YAHWEH Elohim, that I will send a famine in the land; not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the Words of YAHWEH. 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the Word of YAHWEH, and shall not find it.
Zeph 2:3: Seek YAHWEH, all you meek of the earth, who have wrought His judgment. Seek righteousness. Seek meekness. It may be you shall be hid in the day of YAHWEH's anger.
Zech 8:21: And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before YAHWEH, and to seek YAHWEH of Assemblies. I will go also. 22 Indeed, many people and strong nations shall come to seek YAHWEH of Assemblies in Jerusalem, and to pray before YAHWEH.
Matt 6:31: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or with what shall we be clothed, 32 (for after all these things do the Gentiles seek) for your Heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. 33 But seek first the Kingdom of YAHWEH, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for tomorrow: for tomorrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Matt 7:7: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 for every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
Matt 28:5: And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not, for I know that you seek YAHUSHUA, who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where The Sovereign laid.
Mark 1:36: And Simon and they that were with him followed after Him. 37 And when they had found Him, they said unto Him, All men seek for You.
Mark 16:6: And He said to them, Do not be afraid. You seek YAHUSHUA of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen. He is not here. Behold the place where they laid Him.
Luke 12:31: But rather seek the Kingdom of YAHWEH; and all these things shall be added to you.
Luke 17:33: Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
John 5:30: I can of My own self do nothing. As I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just, because I seek not My own will, but the will of The Father who has sent Me.
John 6:26: YAHUSHUA answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, You seek Me not because you saw the miracles, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for Him has YAHWEH, The Father, sealed.
John 7:33 : Then said YAHUSHUA to them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto Him that sent Me. 34 You shall seek Me, and shall not find Me: and where I am, there you cannot come.
John 8:21: Then said YAHUSHUA again unto them, I go My way, and you shall seek Me, and shall die in your sins. Where I go you cannot come.
John 8:37: I know that you are Abraham’s seed; but you seek to kill Me because My word ha no place in you.
Acts 17:27: That they should seek YAHWEH, if perhaps they might feel after him, and find Him, though He is not far from every one of us: 28 for in Him we live, and move, and have our being;
Phil 2:21: For all seek their own, not the things which are YAHUSHUA's, The Messiah.
Col 3:1: If you then are risen with The Messiah, seek those things which are above, where The Messiah sits on the right hand of YAHWEH. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you are dead, and your life is hidden with The Messiah in YAHWEH. 4 When The Messiah, who is our life, shall appear then shall you also appear with Him in glory.
Heb 11:6: But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that comes to YAHWEH must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.