6 Bible Verses about Seeking But Not Finding People

By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.

I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.

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.

But he came to an end, and there was no sign of him; I made a search for him and he was not there.

You will make search for your haters but they will not be there; those who make war against you will be as nothing and will come to destruction.

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.