Luke 12:58

I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

Yahweh says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage,

Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who understood, who sought after God.

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation—which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard,

If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty.

For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

You, Solomon my son, know the God 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 forever.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

When you said, “Seek my face,” my heart said to you, “I will seek your face, Yahweh.”

But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.

He has lifted up the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.

He sent from on high and he took me. He drew me out of many waters.

So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,

Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel.

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,

When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city.”

But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.

Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.”

“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.

We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.

for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!

Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”

Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”

to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.

Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”

saying to those who are bound, ‘Come out!’; to those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves!’ “They shall feed along the paths, and their pasture shall be on all treeless heights.

I will be found by you,” says Yahweh, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh. I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.”

The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.

For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says Yahweh; “but, behold, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbor’s hand, and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.”

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.

He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

You will seek me, and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”

As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”, lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”

Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.

“Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. By it, good will come to you.

There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.

“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.

saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”

A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

then the waters would have overwhelmed us, the stream would have gone over our soul;

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.

Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?

Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

Tell those who plaster it with whitewash that it will fall. There will be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, will fall. A stormy wind will tear it.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.

I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt.

Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Armies says: Consider your ways.

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!

for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

in whom he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,

And after the thousand years, Satan will be released from his prison,