Zephaniah 2:3

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

Cross References (41)

  • Amos 5:14–15 (31)

    Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.

  • Isaiah 26:20–21 (20)

    Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passe

  • Jeremiah 29:12–13 (17)

    Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

  • Psalms 76:9 (17)

    when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah

  • Jonah 3:9 (16)

    Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

  • Psalms 22:26 (16)

    The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

  • Isaiah 55:6–7 (14)

    Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

  • Psalms 105:4 (14)

    Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

  • Psalms 57:1 (10)

    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have merc

  • Proverbs 18:10 (10)

    The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

  • Jeremiah 39:18 (10)

    For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with

  • Hosea 10:12 (10)

    Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to

  • Colossians 3:2–4 (9)

    Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

  • Jeremiah 45:5 (8)

    But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature,

  • Psalms 91:1 (8)

    He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

  • 2 Peter 3:18 (8)

    But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:1 (6)

    Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have

  • 1 Peter 1:22 (6)

    Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one

  • 1 Peter 3:4 (6)

    but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God

  • Joel 2:13–14 (5)

    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow t

  • Matthew 7:7–8 (5)

    Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

  • Amos 5:4–6 (5)

    For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!

  • James 1:21–22 (5)

    Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can

  • Matthew 5:5 (5)

    Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:27–28 (4)

    because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and agains

  • Psalms 25:8–9 (4)

    Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.

  • Exodus 12:27 (4)

    you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when

  • Philippians 3:13–14 (4)

    Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and strai

  • Psalms 31:20 (4)

    You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusi

  • Jeremiah 3:13–14 (3)

    Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign

  • Isaiah 11:4 (3)

    but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike

  • Psalms 32:6–7 (2)

    Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

  • Isaiah 61:1 (2)

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to

  • Hosea 7:10 (2)

    Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not s

  • Jeremiah 4:1–2 (2)

    “If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight

  • Psalms 149:4 (2)

    For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

  • Jeremiah 22:15–16 (1)

    Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteou

  • 2 Samuel 12:22 (1)

    David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me an

  • Genesis 7:15–16 (1)

    They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:10 (1)

    And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more

  • Zechariah 8:19 (1)

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become