Deuteronomy 4:29
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.
Cross-reference
Deuteronomy 30:1-3 restates the same promise: returning to God with all heart and soul brings restoration and compassion.
Deuteronomy 30:10 repeats the call to turn to God with all heart and soul, reinforcing the condition for restoration.
Deuteronomy 6:5 commands loving God with all heart and soul — the same wholehearted devotion required for seeking Him in 4:29.
Deuteronomy 10:12 requires fearing, loving, and serving God with all heart and soul — mirroring the total commitment to seek Him in 4:29.
Deuteronomy 11:13 ties blessing to loving and serving God with all heart and soul — echoing the wholehearted seeking in 4:29.
Leviticus 26:39-42 describes repentance and God remembering the covenant, similar to the promise of finding God when sought.
Nehemiah 1:9 repeats the promise of restoration if Israel returns to God, confirming the same covenant condition.
Psalm 119:2 echoes 'seek him with all their heart' — a direct parallel linking obedience to wholehearted seeking.
Psalm 119:10 personalizes the same commitment: 'I seek you with all my heart' — a close parallel.
Psalm 119:58 repeats 'sought your face with all my heart' — directly parallels the condition for finding God.
Psalm 119:145 uses 'with all my heart' in calling on God — same wholehearted devotion, different verb.
Isaiah 55:6 echoes the call to seek God while He may be found, reinforcing the promise that those who seek Him will find Him.
Isaiah 55:7 adds repentance—forsaking wickedness—as the path to finding mercy, expanding on the whole-hearted seeking.
Jeremiah 3:10 contrasts Judah's pretense with the true wholehearted return required here — false vs genuine.
Jeremiah 3:12-14 calls faithless Israel to return, promising God’s mercy—a concrete application of seeking with all heart.
Jeremiah 29:13 directly quotes the condition—seek with all your heart and find—applying it to exile and restoration.
Joel 2:12 calls for returning to God with all your heart — a direct parallel to seeking Him wholeheartedly.
2 Chronicles 15:15 recounts seeking God with all soul and finding him, mirroring the condition and outcome stated here.
1 Kings 8:48 repeats the phrase 'with all their heart and soul' for turning back to God in prayer—a direct reference.
2 Kings 10:31 contrasts Jehu, who did not follow the Lord with all his heart—a failure to meet the condition.
2 Kings 23:3 shows Josiah renewing the covenant with all his heart and soul—a positive example of the command in action.
2 Chronicles 15:4 directly echoes that when Israel sought God in trouble, he was found — fulfilling the promise here.
2 Chronicles 15:12 records Asa’s covenant to seek God with all heart and soul—directly applying the Deuteronomic call.
2 Chronicles 6:37 explicitly says returning to God with all heart and soul in captivity — a direct echo of 4:29's promise of finding God when sought wholeheartedly.
Isaiah 9:13 laments that the people do not seek the Lord, contrasting directly with the promise here that seeking brings finding.
1 Chronicles 22:19 commands seeking the Lord with heart and soul — a direct call to the same wholehearted pursuit as 4:29.
2 Kings 23:25 describes Josiah turning to God with all heart and soul — a concrete example of the wholehearted seeking promised in 4:29.
Jeremiah 24:7 promises a heart to know God and returning with all heart, directly echoing the wholehearted seeking here.
Jeremiah 29:13 nearly quotes this verse: 'You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.'
In Hosea 5:15, God's withdrawal until they seek His face in affliction mirrors the promise that seeking wholeheartedly finds Him.
In Malachi 3:7, the call 'Return to Me and I will return to you' restates the covenant promise of seeking and finding.
In Acts 3:19, Peter's call to repent and turn to God for times of refreshing applies this OT promise to NT forgiveness.
2 Chronicles 7:14 calls for humbling, praying, and seeking God's face — a broader call to repentance that includes the wholehearted seeking of 4:29.
In 2 Chronicles 31:21, Hezekiah's wholehearted seeking mirrors the condition for finding God stated here.
Jeremiah 33:3 promises God will answer when called, similar to the assurance of being found when sought.
1 Kings 8:47 describes repentant captives pleading—a specific scenario of seeking God from exile, echoing the condition.
In Acts 8:22, Peter's command to repent and pray for forgiveness demonstrates the principle of seeking God with the heart.