seek and ye shall find

seek and ye shall find
Cf. SOPHOCLES Oedipus Tyrannus 1. 110–11 τὸ δὲ ζητούμενον ἁλωτόν, ἐκφεύγειν δὲ τἀμελούμενον, what is sought is found; what is neglected evades us. A more direct source is MATTHEW vii. 7 (AV) Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and ye shall find.

1530 in J. Palsgrave L’éclaircissement de la Langue Francaise A5 He that wyll seke may fynde And in a brefe tyme attayne to his utterest desire.

c 1538 J. BALE King Johan (1931) 1. 192 Serche and ye shall fynd, in every congregacyn that long [belongs] to the pope.

1783 J. JAY Letter 14 Nov. (1891) III. 95 ‘Seek and you shall find’ does not, it seems, always extend to that [health] of the body.

1980 R. COLLINS Case of Philosopher’s Ring xiii. There is danger in the saying, ‘Seek and ye shall find’.


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