13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
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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. …
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-14)To make the people quiet and easy in their captivity, I. God takes them off from building upon the false foundation which their pretended prophets laid, Jer. 29:8 , 9 . They told them that their captivity should be short, and therefore that they must not think of taking root in Babylon, but be upon the wing to go back: “Now herein they deceive you ,” says God; “they prophesy a lie to you , though…
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