35 Bible Verses about Not Finding

And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.

Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.

In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there will be nothing; and in Judah no sins will be seen: for I will have forgiveness for those whom I will keep safe.

I will make you a thing of fear, and you will come to an end: even if you are looked for, you will not be seen again for ever, says the Lord.

And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him.

For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.

But the men who were outside the door they made blind, all of them, small and great, so that they were tired out with looking for the door.

But still on the seventh day some of the people went out to get it, and there was not any.

And if she goes after her lovers she will not overtake them; if she makes search for them she will not see them; then will she say, I will go back to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.

And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.

For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.

And they were not able to get it, though a number of false witnesses came.

And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit.

Now the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for witness against Jesus so that they might put him to death; and they were unable to get any.

And seeing that he was not there, they went back to Jerusalem, to make search for him.

And they went in, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there.

And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.

You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.

What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news,

And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.

And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.

Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

They were wandering in the waste places; they saw no way to a resting-place.

There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.

Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?