Dictionary of Bible Themes: 5940 searching

5940 searching

Dictionary of Bible Themes

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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.

The human search for security in the world

The search for material well-being

Luke 12:16-19 See also Genesis 42:1-3; Ruth 3:1; Job 28:1-11; Lamentations 1:11

The search for comfort

Psalm 119:82 See also Exodus 14:10-12; Numbers 11:4-6; 1 Kings 1:1-4

The search for success

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 See also 2 Chronicles 18:9-12; Jeremiah 45:5

The search for security

Joshua 9:22-24 The Gibeonites resorted to deception in their eagerness to be secure. See also Exodus 16:2-3; Judges 18:7; 2 Kings 20:19 pp Isaiah 39:8

The search for love

Proverbs 7:18 See also Judges 14:1-3; 2 Samuel 13:1-14; 1 Kings 11:1-3

The search for wisdom and understanding

Ecclesiastes 8:16-17 See also Ecclesiastes 7:24-29

Instructions to search for God

Isaiah 55:6-7 See also 1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Jeremiah 29:13; Matthew 7:7-8

God's search for lost humanity

Ezekiel 34:11 See also Luke 15:1-10; Luke 19:9-10

God searches a person's innermost being

Proverbs 20:27 See also 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalm 139:1-4; Jeremiah 17:10; Romans 8:27; Revelation 2:23