1Ch 28:9, Pro 8:17, Isa 45:19, 55:6-7, Jer 29:13, Mat 7:7-8 | ESV | STEP | And you, Solomon my son , know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind , for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought . If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever .

1 Chronicles 28:9

David’s Charge to Solomon

9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a ^awhole heart and with a willing mind, ^bfor the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. ^cIf you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Proverbs 8:17

17 ^dI love those who love me,
and ^ethose who seek me diligently find me.

Isaiah 45:19

19 ^fI did not speak in secret,
in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
^g‘Seek me in vain.’ ^{▼▼Hebrew in emptiness}
I the Lord speak ⁱthe truth;
I declare what is right.

Isaiah 55:6-7

6 ^j“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jeremiah 29:13

13 ^kYou will seek me and find me, when you seek me ^lwith all your heart.

Matthew 7:7-8

Ask, and It Will Be Given

7 ^m“Ask, ⁿand it will be given to you; ^oseek, and you will find; ^pknock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.