Mazmur 119:10

119:10 With all my heart I seek you.

Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

Ulangan 4:29

4:29 But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul. ¹ 

Ulangan 4:2

4:2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to ²  you.

Ulangan 31:21

31:21 Then when ³  many disasters and distresses overcome them ⁴  this song will testify against them, ⁵  for their ⁶  descendants will not forget it. ⁷  I know the ⁸  intentions they have in mind ⁹  today, even before I bring them ¹⁰  to the land I have promised.”

Yeremia 29:13

29:13 When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul, ¹¹ 

[4:29]  ¹ tn Or “mind and being.” See Deut 6:5.

[4:2]  ² tn Heb “commanding.”

[31:21]  ³ tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”

[31:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”

[31:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “which he is doing.”

[31:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[29:13]  ¹¹ tn Or “If you wholeheartedly seek me”; Heb “You will seek me and find [me] because you will seek me with all your heart.” The translation attempts to reflect the theological nuances of “seeking” and “finding” and the psychological significance of “heart” which refers more to intellectual and volitional concerns in the OT than to emotional ones.