Psalm 105:4
Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Cross-references
Psalm 27:8 directly echoes the command to seek God's face, making the same call to pursue His presence.
Psalm 9:10 assures that God does not forsake those who seek Him, reinforcing the promise behind the command to seek.
Psalm 22:26 describes those who seek Him praising the LORD, showing the outcome of seeking His strength.
Psalm 24:6 defines the generation that seeks God's face, directly paralleling the call to seek His presence.
Psalm 63:2 depicts beholding God's power and glory in the sanctuary, a result of seeking His presence and strength.
In Psalm 78:61, God's strength is given to captivity — contrasting the call to seek His strength with the consequence of losing it.
Psalm 132:8 echoes the call to seek God's strength and presence, linking it to the ark as His resting place and might.
In Zephaniah 2:3, the prophet directly echoes 'Seek the LORD' and adds seeking righteousness and humility for refuge.
In Amos 5:4-6, the Lord commands 'Seek me and live' — the same urgent call to seek the LORD for life.
In Jeremiah 50:4, the seeking of the LORD is associated with Israel's repentance and return from exile, echoing the call to seek His presence.
In Hebrews 11:6, seeking God is tied to faith and the assurance that He rewards those who seek Him, deepening the promise of the psalm.
In Hosea 10:12, the call to 'seek the LORD' is linked to sowing righteousness and receiving His rain, expanding the theme of seeking God's favor.
In Isaiah 51:1, the same call to 'seek the LORD' is given to those pursuing righteousness, linking seeking God to remembering their origin.
In Ezekiel 24:21, God profanes His sanctuary — the very presence the psalm urges seeking — creating a stark contrast between seeking and losing.
2 Chronicles 6:41 repeats the same plea for God to arise with the ark, reinforcing the theme of seeking His presence and strength.
In Matthew 7:7, Jesus promises that those who seek will find, reinforcing the call to seek God with assurance of response.
In Matthew 28:5, the women seek Jesus at the tomb — a literal seeking of the Lord, which the angel redirects to the resurrection.
In Mark 16:6, the angel tells the women they seek Jesus, but He is risen — a direct narrative echo of seeking the Lord.
In Luke 11:9, Jesus' teaching on persistent prayer includes 'seek and you will find', echoing the psalm's call to seek God.
2 Chronicles 12:14 shows the consequence of not seeking the LORD, contrasting with the command to seek His strength.