Job 5:8 has Eliphaz giving the same advice to seek God — Bildad here repeats the theme.

Job 11:13 continues the friends' call to repentance — 'prepare your heart' parallels 'seek God' here.

Job 22:21-23 urges returning to God and receiving instruction — a fuller call to repentance echoing 'seek God' here.

Job 22:24-30 promises restoration after repentance — directly expands on the outcome of seeking God here.

In Job 9:15, Job says he must appeal for mercy—mirroring Bildad's advice to plead with the Almighty.

Job 10:2 shows Job demanding God explain his suffering—in contrast to Bildad's call for humble pleading.

In Job 22:23, Eliphaz similarly urges returning to the Almighty for restoration—directly parallel to Job 8:5.

Job 16:17 claims his prayer is pure, aligning with the sincerity implied in seeking God from Job 8:5.

Isaiah 55:6 directly commands seeking God while he is near — a parallel call to the 'seek God' here.

Isaiah 55:7 promises compassion and pardon to those who return — the same repentance that Bildad calls for here.

James 4:8 says 'Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you'—a direct parallel to seeking God and pleading for mercy.

Psalm 63:1 expresses earnest seeking of God, directly paralleling the act of seeking God in Job 8:5.

2 Chronicles 33:12 shows Manasseh humbling himself and entreating God — an example of the 'plead for mercy' Bildad urges.

2 Chronicles 33:13 shows God hearing Manasseh's plea — the desired result of the seeking and pleading urged here.

Matthew 7:7 encourages seeking and finding — a New Testament promise that echoes the call to seek God here.

In Matthew 7:8, Jesus promises that the one who seeks finds—echoing the call to seek God in Job 8:5.