Psalms 119:10

Context

119:10 With all my heart I seek you.

Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

Deuteronomy 4:29

Context
4:29 But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.¹

Deuteronomy 4:2

Context
4:2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to² you.

Deuteronomy 31:21

Context
31:21 Then when³ many disasters and distresses overcome them⁴ this song will testify against them,⁵ for their⁶ descendants will not forget it.⁷ I know the⁸ intentions they have in mind⁹ today, even before I bring them¹⁰ to the land I have promised.”

Jeremiah 29:13

Context
29:13 When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,¹¹

[4:29] ¹tn Or “mind and being.” See Deut 6:5.

[4:2] ²tn Heb “commanding.”

[31:21] ³tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”

[31:21] ⁴tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21] ⁵tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21] ⁶tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21] ⁷tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”

[31:21] ⁸tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21] ⁹tn Heb “which he is doing.”

[31:21] ¹⁰tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[29:13] ¹¹tn Or “If you wholeheartedly seek me”; Heb “You will seek me and find [me] because you will seek me with all your heart.” The translation attempts to reflect the theological nuances of “seeking” and “finding” and the psychological significance of “heart” which refers more to intellectual and volitional concerns in the OT than to emotional ones.