Sentences with phrase «seek after righteousness»

Sinners do not seek after righteousness.

Not exact matches

* Hebrews 7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; * Zephaniah 2:3 Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anSeek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anseek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anseek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger.

Now: to seek first after this world and its customs is identical with what was meant in former times by seeking first God's kingdom and His righteousness.»

There's a world of difference between one who is «hungering and thirsting after righteousness» and one who is merely seeking an intellectual snack.

The ethical life which Jesus exalts in many of his most characteristic teachings is the ethical life of the penitent: the kingdom of God belongs to the poor in spirit, the meek, those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, those who seek mercy, the childlike, the humble.

To all who are spiritually weary and seek rest; to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are strangers and want fellowship; to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to all who will come, this church opens wide her doors and offers welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ!