Jeremiah 29:13
You shall seek me. And you will find me, when you have sought me with your whole heart.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
In Context
12And you shall call upon me, and you shall go forth. And you shall pray to me, and I will heed you.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:40until they confess their iniquities, and those of their ancestors, by which they have transgressed against me and walked as adversaries to me.
Deuteronomy 30:1“Now when all these things will have fallen over you, the blessing or the curse that I have set forth in your sight, and you will have been led to repentance in your heart among all the nations to which the Lord your God will have dispersed you,
1 Kings 8:47and if they do penance in their heart, in the place of captivity, and having been converted, make supplication to you in their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned; we acted unjustly; we committed impiety,’
2 Kings 23:3And the king stood upon the step. And he struck a covenant before the Lord, so that they would walk after the Lord, and keep his precepts and testimonies and ceremonies, with all their heart and with all their soul, and so that they would carry out the words of this covenant, which had been written in that book. And the people agreed to the covenant.
2 Chronicles 6:37and if, having been converted in their heart in the land to which they had been led as captives, they will do penance, and beseech you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have acted unjustly,’
2 Chronicles 31:21for the whole service of the ministry of the house of the Lord, in accord with the law and the ceremonies, desiring to seek his God with his whole heart. And he did so, and he prospered.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:9-15
Advice to the Captives in Babylon. ( b. c. 596.) 8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. 9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord . 10 For thus saith the Lord , That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. 11 For… Read the whole commentary →