Dictionary of Bible Themes Scripture points to several aspects of searching: the human search for satisfaction in the things of this world, the human search for God and God's search for lost humanity. Luke 12:16-19The human search for security in the world See also The search for material well-being Genesis 42:1-3Ruth 3:1 Job 28:1-11 Lamentations 1:11 Psalms 119:82 See also The search for comfort Exodus 14:10-12Numbers 11:4-6 1 Kings 1:1-4 Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 See also The search for success 2 Chronicles 18:9-12Jeremiah 45:5 Joshua 9:22-24 The search for security See also Exodus 16:2-3The Gibeonites resorted to deception in their eagerness to be secure. Judges 18:72 Kings 20:19 Proverbs 7:18 pp Isa 39:8 See also The search for love Judges 14:1-32 Samuel 13:1-14 1 Kings 11:1-3 Ecclesiastes 8:16-17 See also The search for wisdom and understanding Ecclesiastes 7:24-29Isaiah 55:6-7 Instructions to search for God See also 1 Chronicles 28:92 Chronicles 7:14 Jeremiah 29:13 Matthew 7:7-8 Ezekiel 34:11 God's search for lost humanity See also Luke 15:1-10; 19:9-10Proverbs 20:27 God searches a person's innermost being See also 1 Chronicles 28:9Psalms 139:1-4 Jeremiah 17:10 Romans 8:27 Revelation 2:23 See also 1020 God, all-knowing1220 God as shepherd 5937 rivalry 5960 success 6652 forgiveness 6702 peace, destruction 8160 seeking God 8648 enquiring of God 8778 materialism |
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