- Commanded Isa 55:6; Mt 7:7
- INCLUDES SEEKING
- His Name Ps 83:16
- His word Isa 34:16
- His face Ps 27:8; 105:4
- His strength 1Ch 16:11; Ps 105:4
- His commandments 1Ch 28:8; Mal 2:7
- His precepts Ps 119:45,94
- His kingdom Mt 6:33; Lu 12:31
- His righteousness Mt 6:33
- Christ Mal 3:1; Lu 2:15,16
- Honour which comes from him Joh 5:44
- Justification by Christ Ga 2:16,17
- The city which God has prepared Heb 11:10,16; 13:14
- By prayer Job 8:5; Da 9:3
- In his house De 12:5; Ps 27:4
- SHOULD BE
- Immediate Ho 10:12
- Evermore Ps 105:4
- While he may be found Isa 55:6
- With diligence Heb 11:6
- With the heart De 4:29; 1Ch 22:19
- In the day of trouble Ps 77:2
- Ensures
- His being found De 4:29; 1Ch 28:9; Pr 8:17; Jer 29:13
- His favour La 3:25
- His protection Ezr 8:22
- His not forsaking us Ps 9:10
- Life Ps 69:32; Am 5:4,6
- Prosperity Job 8:5,6; Ps 34:10
- Being heard of him Ps 34:4
- Understanding all things Pr 28:5
- Gifts of righteousness Ho 10:12
- Imperative upon all Isa 8:19
- Afflictions designed to lead to Ps 78:33,34; Ho 5:15
- None, by nature, are found to be engaged in Ps 14:2; Ro 3:11; Lu 12:23,30
- SAINTS
- Specially exhorted to Zep 2:3
- Desirous of Job 5:8
- Purpose, in heart Ps 27:8
- Prepare their hearts for 2Ch 30:19
- Set their hearts to 2Ch 11:16
- Engage in, with the whole heart 2Ch 15:12; Ps 119:10
- Early in Job 8:5; Ps 63:1; Isa 26:9
- Earnest in So 3:2,4
- Characterised by Ps 24:6
- Is never in vain Isa 45:19
- Blessedness of Ps 119:2
- Leads to joy Ps 70:4; 105:3
- Ends in praise Ps 22:26
- Promise connected with Ps 69:32
- Shall be rewarded Heb 11:6
- THE WICKED
- Are gone out of the way of Ps 14:2,3; Ro 3:11,12
- Prepare not their hearts for 2Ch 12:14
- Refuse, through pride Ps 10:4
- Not led to, by affliction Isa 9:13
- Sometimes pretend to Ezr 4:2; Isa 58:2
- Rejected, when too late in Pr 1:28
- They who neglect denounced Isa 31:1
- Punishment of those who neglect Zep 1:4-6
- Exemplified
- Asa 2Ch 14:7
- Jehoshaphat 2Ch 17:3,4
- Uzziah 2Ch 26:5
- Hezekiah 2Ch 31:21
- Josiah 2Ch 34:3
- Ezra Ezr 7:10
- David Ps 34:4
- Daniel Da 9:3,4
The New Topical Text Book
Seeking God
The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.