When he struck them down, ¹  they sought his favor; ²  they turned back and longed for God.

Because of their distress, they turned back to the Lord God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them. ¹ 

but instead sought the God of his ancestors ¹  and obeyed ²  his commands, unlike the Israelites. ³ 

I sought the Lord’s help ¹  and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

He followed ¹  God during the lifetime of ²  Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed ³  the Lord, God caused him to succeed. ⁴ 

The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long ¹  on my bed ²  I longed for ³  my lover. ⁴  I longed for ⁵  him but he never appeared. ⁶ 

I belong to you. Deliver me! For I seek your precepts.

The Teacher sought to find delightful ¹  words, and to write ²  accurately truthful sayings. ³ 

Now on the way, at a place where they stopped for the night, ¹  the Lord met Moses and sought to kill him. ² 

The king’s servants who attended him said, “Let a search be conducted in the king’s behalf for attractive young women. ¹ 

But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! ¹  I looked for them, but they could not be found.

He will say, “Where are their gods, the rock in whom they sought security,

I will be secure, ¹  for I seek your precepts.

They will be called, “The Holy People, the Ones Protected ¹  by the Lord.” You will be called, “Sought After, City Not Abandoned.”

From that time ¹  on, Judas ²  began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

Then ¹  they attempted ²  again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches. ³ 

Everyone ¹  in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. ² 

I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more! Though you are sought after, you will never be found again, declares the sovereign Lord.”

When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he did not mount a new search for him.

and those who turn their backs on ¹  the Lord and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.” ²