One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.

Stay with me. Don’t be afraid! Whoever seeks my life is seeking your life as well. You are secure with me.”

The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil – it will come to him.

The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.

To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over.

If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering tokens of peace on it, the Lord himself will punish us.

Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?”

When that time comes, no guilt will be found in Israel. No sin will be found in Judah. For I will forgive those of them I have allowed to survive. I, the Lord, affirm it!’”

Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.