Acts 17:27
So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:
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Acts 17:27
So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:
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Acts 17:24
The God who made the earth and everything in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, is not housed in buildings made with hands;
Acts 17:25
And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;
Acts 17:26
And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,
Acts 17:27
So that they might make search for God, in order, if possible, to get knowledge of him and make discovery of him, though he is not far from every one of us:
Acts 17:28
For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.
Acts 17:29
If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.
Acts 17:30
Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:
Acts 17:31
Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.
Deuteronomy 4:15
So keep watch on yourselves with care; for you saw no form of any sort on the day when the voice of the Lord came to you in Horeb out of the heart of the fire:
Isaiah 40:18
Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?
Acts 17:33
And so Paul went away from among them.
Hebrews 1:3
Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;
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Acts 14:15
Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:
Acts 14:16
Who in the past let all nations go in the ways which seemed good to them.
Acts 14:17
But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.
Romans 1:19
Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.
Romans 1:20
For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:
Acts 17:23
For when I came by, I was looking at the things to which you give worship, and I saw an altar with this writing on it, TO THE GOD OF WHOM THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE. Now, what you, without knowledge, give worship to, I make clear to you.
1 Corinthians 1:21
For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.
Romans 2:15
Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;
Jeremiah 10:11
This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.
John 1:9
The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.
Acts 10:35
But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.
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Jeremiah 23:23
Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance?
Jeremiah 23:24
In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.
Psalms 139:7
Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?
Psalms 139:8
If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.
Psalms 139:9
If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;
Psalms 139:10
Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.
Psalms 139:11
If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;
Psalms 139:12
Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.
Psalms 139:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.
Psalms 139:2
You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.
Psalms 139:3
You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.
Psalms 139:4
For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.
Psalms 139:5
I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me.
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Amos 9:2
Even if they go deep into the underworld, my hand will take them up from there; if they go up to heaven, I will get them down:
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Isaiah 55:6
Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
Jeremiah 29:13
And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.
Deuteronomy 4:29
But if in those lands you are turned again to the Lord your God, searching for him with all your heart and soul, he will not keep himself from you.
2 Chronicles 14:4
And he made Judah go after the Lord, the God of their fathers, and keep his laws and his orders.
Job 23:3
If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
Psalms 105:4
Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
Hosea 10:12
Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.
Amos 5:4
For these are the words of the Lord to the children of Israel: Let your hearts be turned to me, so that you may have life:
Zephaniah 2:3
Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.
Matthew 6:33
But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
Luke 11:10
For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.
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Psalms 16:8
I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
Psalms 34:18
The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.
Psalms 119:151
You are near, O Lord; and all your teachings are true.
Psalms 145:18
The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts.
Isaiah 50:8
He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.
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1 John 1:1
That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life
Hebrews 12:18
You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,
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Deuteronomy 30:11
For these orders which I have given you today are not strange and secret, and are not far away.
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Psalms 19:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. The heavens are sounding the glory of God; the arch of the sky makes clear the work of his hands.
Psalms 19:2
Day after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge.
Psalms 19:3
There are no words or language; their voice makes no sound.
Psalms 19:4
Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,
Psalms 19:5
Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.
Psalms 19:6
His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.
Acts 15:17
So that the rest of men may make search for the Lord, and all the Gentiles on whom my name is named,
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Luke 24:39
See; my hands and my feet: it is I myself; put your hands on me and make certain; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see that I have.
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1 Kings 8:27
But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!
John 4:24
God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.
Deuteronomy 4:39
So today be certain, and keep the knowledge deep in your hearts, that the Lord is God, in heaven on high and here on earth; there is no other God.
Isaiah 66:1
The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?
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Amos 9:3
Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:
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