For thus said the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live: Treasury of Scripture Seek. Amos 5:6 Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it... Deuteronomy 30:1-8 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you... 1 Chronicles 28:9 And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind... 2 Chronicles 15:2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you... 2 Chronicles 20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 2 Chronicles 34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father... Psalm 14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. Psalm 27:8 When you said, Seek you my face; my heart said to you, Your face, LORD, will I seek. Isaiah 55:6,7 Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you on him while he is near... Jeremiah 29:12,13 Then shall you call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you... Lamentations 3:25,26 The LORD is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him... Zephaniah 2:3 Seek you the LORD, all you meek of the earth, which have worked his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness... Matthew 7:8 For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. and. Psalm 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. Psalm 69:32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. Psalm 105:3,4 Glory you in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD... Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you...
Context A Call to Repentance
4For thus said the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live: 5But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. 6Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, 8Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: 9That strengthens the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. 10They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly. 11For as much therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them. 12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. 13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. 14Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken. 15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and you shall live.
Darby Bible Translation
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
King James Bible
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
Young's Literal Translation
For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye Me, and live,
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