But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret [place], and hide thyself:
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what [is] mine iniquity? and what [is] my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou [shalt be] in safeguard.
Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now [may this] Benjamite [do it]? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this [man] seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, [Am] I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
He that [is] so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, [that] shall not be moved.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, [saying], This [is] Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh [unto him];
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep [that are] scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
For [there is] no man [that] doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, show thyself to the world.
He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
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