1 Chronicles 19:3
But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father, by sending comforters to you? is it not clear that these men have only come to go through the land and to make secret observation of it so that they may overcome it?
Genesis 42:9-18
Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.
Joshua 2:1-3
Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.
Judges 1:23-24
So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)
Judges 18:2
So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take a look at the land and make a search through it; and they said to them, Go and make a search through the land; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, where they made a stop for the night.
Judges 18:8-10
So they came back to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, What news have you?
1 Samuel 29:4
But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him, and said to him, Make the man go back to the place you have given him; do not let him go down with us to the fight, or he may be turned against us and be false to us: for how will this man make peace with his lord? will it not be with the heads of these men?
1 Samuel 29:9
And Achish in answer said, It is true that in my eyes you are good, like an angel of God: but still, the rulers of the Philistines have said, He is not to go up with us to the fight.
1 Kings 12:8-11
But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:
1 Corinthians 13:5-7
Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;