Psalms 119:110

You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then Yahweh gave them rest all around.

Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.

But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.

For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.

Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,

You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me.

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. You are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day. Everyone mocks me.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.

They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”

Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.

Establish my footsteps in your word. Don’t let any iniquity have dominion over me.

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.

A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there.

Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.

Let that man be as the cities which Yahweh overthrew, and didn’t repent. Let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime;

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”

‘Cursed is he who doesn’t uphold the words of this law by doing them.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ”

that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, ‘My name shall be there;’ to listen to the prayer which your servant prays toward this place.

He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.

Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves.

How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.

The proud have dug pits for me, contrary to your law.

The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.

I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.

who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,

The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.

For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.

My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill. Yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth. There was no one who searched or sought.”

Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.

a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.

If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

You have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.

The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don’t swerve from your law.

Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven’t swerved from your testimonies.

When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.