Related Verses

Here are verses that contain the word "Sought":

Total verses with the word Sought: 165

• genesis 42:21 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
• genesis 43:30 - And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
• exodus 2:15 - Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
• exodus 4:19 - And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
• exodus 4:24 - And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
• exodus 32:11 - And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
• exodus 33:7 - And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
• 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,
• numbers 35:23 - Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
• deuteronomy 3:23 - And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
• deuteronomy 13:10 - And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
• joshua 2:22 - And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
• judges 14:4 - But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
• 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 unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
• 1samuel 10:21 - When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
• 1samuel 13:14 - But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
• 1samuel 14:4 - And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
• 1samuel 19:10 - And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
• 1samuel 23:14 - And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
• 1samuel 27:4 - And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
• 2samuel 3:17 - And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
• 2samuel 4:8 - And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
• 2samuel 12:16 - David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
• 2samuel 17:20 - And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
• 2samuel 21:2 - And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto 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 unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
• 1kings 1:2 - Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
• 1kings 1:3 - So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
• 1kings 10:24 - And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
• 1kings 11:40 - Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
• 1kings 13:6 - And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
• 2kings 1:13 - And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
• 2kings 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.
• 2kings 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.
• 1chronicles 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.
• 1chronicles 26:31 - Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. 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.
• 2chronicles 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.
• 2chronicles 9:23 - And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
• 2chronicles 14:7 - Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
• 2chronicles 15:4 - But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
• 2chronicles 15:15 - And 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 the LORD gave them rest round about.
• 2chronicles 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.
• 2chronicles 17:3 - And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
• 2chronicles 17:4 - But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
• 2chronicles 22:9 - And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
• 2chronicles 25:15 - Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
• 2chronicles 25:20 - But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
• 2chronicles 26:5 - And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
• 2chronicles 33:12 - And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
• ezra 2:62 - These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
• ezra 8:23 - So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
• nehemiah 7:64 - These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
• nehemiah 12:27 - And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
• esther 2:2 - Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
• esther 2:21 - In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
• esther 3:6 - And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
• esther 6:2 - And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
• esther 8:3 - And esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
• esther 9:2 - The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
• psalm 34:4 - I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
• psalm 37:36 - Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
• psalm 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
• psalm 78:34 - When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
• psalm 86:14 - O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
• psalm 111:2 - The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
• psalm 119:10 - With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
• psalm 119:94 - I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts.
• ecclesiastes 2:3 - I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
• ecclesiastes 7:29 - Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
• ecclesiastes 12:9 - And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
• ecclesiastes 12:10 - The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
• songofsongs 3:1 - By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
• songofsongs 3:2 - I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
• songofsongs 5:6 - I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
• isaiah 62:12 - And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
• isaiah 65:1 - I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
• isaiah 65:10 - And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
• jeremiah 8:2 - And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
• jeremiah 10:21 - For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
• jeremiah 26:19 - Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
• jeremiah 26:21 - And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
• jeremiah 44:30 - Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life.
• jeremiah 50:20 - In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
• lamentations 1:19 - I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
• ezekiel 22:30 - And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
• ezekiel 26:21 - I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.
• ezekiel 34:4 - The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
• daniel 2:13 - And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
• daniel 4:36 - At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
• daniel 6:4 - Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
• daniel 8:15 - And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
• obadiah 1:6 - How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
• zephaniah 1:6 - And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
• zechariah 6:7 - And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
• matthew 2:20 - Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
• matthew 8:31 - So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
• matthew 8:34 - And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
• matthew 14:36 - And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
• matthew 15:23 - But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
• matthew 18:29 - And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
• matthew 21:46 - But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
• matthew 26:16 - And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
• matthew 26:59 - Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
• mark 5:10 - And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
• mark 5:12 - And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
• mark 5:23 - And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
• mark 6:56 - And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
• mark 7:26 - The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
• mark 8:22 - And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
• mark 11:18 - And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
• 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.
• mark 14:1 - After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
• mark 14:11 - And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
• mark 14:55 - And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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?
• luke 4:38 - And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
• 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.
• luke 5:12 - And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
• luke 5:18 - And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
• luke 6:19 - And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
• luke 7:4 - And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
• luke 8:31 - And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
• luke 8:32 - And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
• luke 8:37 - Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
• luke 8:38 - Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
• luke 8:41 - And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:
• luke 9:40 - And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.
• luke 11:16 - And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
• luke 11:37 - And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
• 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.
• luke 19:3 - And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
• luke 19:47 - And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
• luke 20:19 - And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
• luke 22:2 - And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
• luke 22:6 - And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
• john 4:40 - So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
• john 4:47 - When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
• john 5:16 - And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
• john 5:18 - Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
• john 7:1 - After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
• john 7:11 - Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
• john 7:30 - Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
• john 10:39 - Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
• john 11:8 - His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
• john 11:56 - Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
• 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.
• john 19:31 - The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
• john 19:38 - And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
• acts 12:19 - And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
• acts 13:42 - And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
• acts 16:15 - And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
• acts 16:39 - And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
• acts 17:5 - But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
• acts 21:12 - And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
• acts 25:2 - Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
• acts 27:33 - And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
• 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;
• 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.
• 2corinthians 12:8 - For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
• 1thessalonians 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.
• 1timothy 1:3 - As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
• 2timothy 1:17 - But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
• hebrews 8:7 - For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
• hebrews 12:17 - For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.