Seek Ye First or Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God is a Christian song based on . It was written in 1971 by Karen Lafferty after a Bible study on the verse at Calvary Chapel, and has become one of the most familiar praise songs, included in many recent hymnals.
The original version only included a single verse with a refrain of alleluias, which can also be sung in canon with the verse. Other verses of anonymous authorship have been added based on and . It is sometimes included in Christian children's song books.