"BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS;
and all these things shall be added unto you"
“BUT WE ARE ALL AS AN UNCLEAN THING,
AND ALL OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSES ARE AS FILTHY RAGS;
and we all do fade as a leaf;
and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away”
“But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God,
THOU SHALT FIND HIM,
if thou seek him WITH ALL THY HEART and WITH ALL THY SOUL”
Deuteronomy 4:29 (KJV) Matthew Henry Commentary
"HE LOVETH HIM THAT FOLLOWETH AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS"
PASSION
..strong and barely controllable emotion.
..a very powerful feeling, for example of sexual attraction, love, hate, anger, or other emotion
Passion is a feeling of intense enthusiasm towards or compelling desire for someone or something. Passion can range from eager interest in or admiration for an idea, proposal, or cause; to enthusiastic enjoyment of an interest or activity; to strong attraction, excitement, or emotion towards a person.
“I LOVE THEM THAT LOVE ME;
and those that seek me early shall find me”
“Seek the LORD and his strength,
SEEK HIS FACE CONTINUALLY”
“And ye shall seek me, and find me,
when ye shall search for me WITH ALL YOUR HEART”
“BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM:
for he that cometh to God MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS,
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him”
“FOR THOU SHALT WORSHIP NO OTHER GOD:
for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God”
“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him,
TO THE SOUL THAT SEEKETH HIM”
“SEEK YE THE LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND,
call ye upon him while he is near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts:
AND LET HIM RETURN UNTO THE LORD, and he will have mercy upon him;
and to our God, FOR HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON”
“WITH MY WHOLE HEART HAVE I SOUGHT THEE:
O let me not wander from thy commandments”
“DRAW NIGH TO GOD, AND HE WILL DRAW NIGH TO YOU.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;
and purify your hearts, ye double minded”
“LET ALL THOSE THAT SEEK THEE REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN THEE:
let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified”
“Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,
AND THAT SEEK HIM WITH THE WHOLE HEART”
“The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
to see if there were any that did understand, AND SEEK GOD”
“And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee:
for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them THAT SEEK THEE”
"I tell you, Nay:
but, except ye REPENT (stop sinning),
ye shall ALL likewise perish"
Jesus Christ, Luke 13:3 (KJV) - Matthew Henry Commentary
"Repent ye therefore, and be converted,
THAT YOUR SINS MAY BE BLOTTED OUT,
when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord"
Acts 3:19 (KJV) - Matthew Henry Commentary
“But the FEARFUL, and UNBELIEVING, and the ABOMINABLE, and MURDERERS,
and WHOREMONGERS, and SORCERERS, and IDOLATERS, and all LIARS,
shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death”
"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these;
ADULTERY
(voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not his or her spouse),
FORNICATION
(sexual intercourse between people not married to each other),
UNCLEANNESS
(morally impure thoughts),
LASCIVIOUSNESS
(driven by thoughts of sex, lust),
IDOLATRY
(an exceedingly strong passion/desire of something or someone other than God),
WITCHCRAFT
(sorcery, magic, the black arts, witchcraft, wizardry, the occult, occultism, enchantment, spell, incantation, necromancy, divination)
HATRED
(intense dislike or ill will),
VARIANCE
(the fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent, disagreeing or quarreling)
EMULATIONS
(ambition or endeavor to equal or excel others (as in achievement),
WRATH
(extreme anger, rage, fury, outrage),
STRIFE
(conflict, friction, discord, disagreement, dissension, quarreling)
SEDITIONS
(conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against authority),
HERESIES
(any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with the Bible),
ENVYINGS
(covetousness with regard to another's advantages, possessions, or attainments),
MURDERS
(is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse),
DRUNKENNESS
(all drinking of alcohol is drunkenness),
REVELLINGS
(letting loose or going wild, noisy partying or carousing),
AND SUCH: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past,
THAT THEY WHICH DO SUCH THINGS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD"
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish,
BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE”
2 Peter 3:9 (KJV) - Matthew Henry Commentary
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