Concordance
Sought (199 Occurrences)Matthew 2:20
"Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)
Matthew 21:46
When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS)
Matthew 26:16
From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Mark 11:18
The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Mark 12:12
And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)
Mark 14:1
It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)
Mark 14:11
They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Mark 14:55
Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Luke 2:44
But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Luke 2:48
And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)
Luke 2:49
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
(KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Luke 4:42
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Luke 5:18
Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Luke 6:19
All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Luke 9:9
Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY RSV)
Luke 11:16
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Luke 13:6
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
(KJV WBS)
Luke 19:3
And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Luke 19:47
He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Luke 20:19
The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people-for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)
Luke 22:2
The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)
Luke 22:6
He consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him to them in the absence of the multitude.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
John 5:16
For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
(WEB KJV DBY WBS)
John 5:18
For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
John 7:1
After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn't walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
John 7:11
The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, "Where is he?"
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John 7:30
They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
John 10:39
They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)
John 11:8
His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
(KJV DBY WBS)
John 11:56
Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, "What do you think-that he isn't coming to the feast at all?"
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)
John 19:12
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Acts 9:29
and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and discussed with the Hellenists; but they sought to kill him.
(DBY)
Acts 10:17
And as Peter doubted in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold also the men who were sent by Cornelius, having sought out the house of Simon, stood at the gate,
(DBY)
Acts 12:19
When Herod had sought for him, and didn't find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)
Acts 12:20
And he was in bitter hostility with the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came to him with one accord, and, having gained Blastus the king's chamberlain, sought peace, because their country was nourished by the king's.
(DBY NIV)
Acts 13:7
who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV)
Acts 13:11
And now behold, the Lord's hand is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought persons who should lead him by the hand.
(DBY)
Acts 16:10
When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV)
Acts 17:5
But the unpersuaded Jews took along some wicked men from the marketplace, and gathering a crowd, set the city in an uproar. Assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)
Acts 21:4
Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
(See RSV)
Romans 9:32
Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
(KJV ASV WBS)
Romans 10:3
For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
(See NIV)
Romans 10:20
But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
(KJV ASV WBS)
Romans 11:7
What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
(See RSV NIV)
1 Corinthians 4:2
Here, further, it is sought in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
(DBY)
Galatians 2:17
But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!
(WEB ASV)
Galatians 4:18
But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
(ASV NAS)
1 Thessalonians 2:6
Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
(KJV WBS)
1 Timothy 1:5
But the end sought to be secured by exhortation is the love which springs from a pure heart, a clear conscience and a sincere faith.
(WEY)
2 Timothy 1:17
but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)
Hebrews 8:7
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)
Hebrews 12:17
For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
1 Peter 1:10
Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
(WEB ASV DBY)
Genesis 43:30
Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)
Exodus 2:15
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Exodus 4:19
Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)
Exodus 4:24
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)
Exodus 33:7
Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it "The Tent of Meeting." It happened that everyone who sought Yahweh went out to the Tent of Meeting, which was outside the camp.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)
Leviticus 10:16
And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying,
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)
Numbers 16:10
yea, He doth bring thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee -- and ye have sought also the priesthood!
(YLT)
Numbers 35:23
or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)
Deuteronomy 4:29
And -- ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
(YLT)
Deuteronomy 13:10
You shall stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
Deuteronomy 32:37
He will say, "Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;
(See NAS)
Joshua 2:22
They went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn't find them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)
Judges 14:4
But his father and his mother didn't know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)
Judges 18:1
In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)
1 Samuel 7:2
It happened, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath Jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.
(See NIV)
1 Samuel 10:21
He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
1 Samuel 13:12
therefore I said,'Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of Yahweh.' I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering."
(See NIV)
1 Samuel 13:14
But now your kingdom shall not continue. Yahweh has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
1 Samuel 14:4
Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
1 Samuel 19:10
Saul sought to pin David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
1 Samuel 20:16
And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought 'it' from the hand of the enemies of David;
(YLT)
1 Samuel 23:14
David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)
1 Samuel 23:26
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away from Saul; and Saul and his men sought to surround David and his men to take them.
(DBY)
1 Samuel 27:4
It was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
2 Samuel 3:17
Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, "In times past, you sought for David to be king over you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)
2 Samuel 4:8
They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, "Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! Yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
2 Samuel 17:20
Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman said to them, "They have gone over the brook of water." When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
2 Samuel 21:1
There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Yahweh. Yahweh said, "It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites."
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)
2 Samuel 21:2
The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)
1 Kings 1:2
Therefore his servants said to him, "Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)
1 Kings 1:3
So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
1 Kings 10:24
All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)
1 Kings 11:40
Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)
2 Kings 2:17
And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
2 Kings 8:8
And the king saith unto Hazael, 'Take in thy hand a present, and go to meet the man of God, and thou hast sought Jehovah by him, saying, Do I revive from this sickness?'
(YLT)
2 Kings 13:4
And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)
1 Chronicles 13:3
and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul.
(See JPS ASV YLT)
1 Chronicles 15:13
For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)
1 Chronicles 26:31
Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers' houses. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)
2 Chronicles 1:5
Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)
2 Chronicles 9:23
All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)
2 Chronicles 11:23
He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave them food in abundance. He sought for them many wives.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS)
2 Chronicles 14:7
For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Yahweh our God; we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
2 Chronicles 15:4
But when in their distress they turned to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)
2 Chronicles 15:15
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 of them: and Yahweh gave them rest all around.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
2 Chronicles 16:12
And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV)
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Visions (43 Occurrences)
Ziph (9 Occurrences)
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Mesha (4 Occurrences)
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