The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God. ¹ 

Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually!

For the music director, a psalm of David. O Lord, you examine me ²  and know.

The discerning person ¹  acquires knowledge, and the wise person ²  seeks ³  knowledge.

When they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking for you.”

When ¹  they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem ²  to look for him.

Then Jesus ¹  asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

(Now Rachel had taken the idols and put them inside her camel’s saddle ¹  and sat on them.) ²  Laban searched the whole tent, but did not find them. ³ 

Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah, the men of Issachar ¹  supported ²  Barak; into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ³  Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ⁴  heart searching. ⁵ 

They said to one another, ¹  “Who did this?” ²  They investigated the matter thoroughly ³  and concluded ⁴  that Gideon son of Joash had done it.

But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, “Send them out.” They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah. ¹ 

What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only ¹  one upright ²  man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.

My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.

People ¹  will stagger from sea to sea, ²  and from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a revelation from ³  the Lord, but they will not find any. ⁴ 

These Jews ¹  were more open-minded ²  than those in Thessalonica, ³  for they eagerly ⁴  received ⁵  the message, examining ⁶  the scriptures carefully every day ⁷  to see if these things were so.

They probed ¹  into what person or time ²  the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ ³  and his subsequent glory. ⁴ 

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning devouring the prey, and in the evening dividing the plunder.”

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

to ¹  those who wait ²  for death that ³  does not come, and search for it ⁴  more than for hidden treasures,