17 Bible Verses about Being Found Out

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Genesis 44:16

So Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we reply? Or how can we clear ourselves, since God has exposed the sin and guilt of your servants? Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, the rest of us as well as he with whom the cup is found.”

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

and I saw all the work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work that is done under the sun. Even though man may labor in seeking, he will not discover; and [more than that], though a wise man thinks and claims he knows, he will not be able to find it out.

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus says the Lord,

“What injustice or unrighteousness did your fathers find in Me,
That they have wandered far from Me
And [habitually] walked after emptiness and futility and became empty?

Numbers 32:23

But if you do not do this, behold, you will have sinned against the Lord; and be sure that your sin will find you out.

Proverbs 10:9


He who walks in integrity and with moral character walks securely,
But he who takes a crooked way will be discovered and punished.

Psalm 36:2


For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes
Thinking that his sinfulness will not be discovered and hated [by God].

Exodus 22:2

“If a thief is caught breaking in [after dark] and is struck [by the owner] so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him.

Psalm 21:8


Your hand will reach out and defeat all your enemies;
Your right hand will reach those who hate you.

Genesis 44:17

But Joseph said, “Far be it from me that I should do that; but the man in whose hand the cup has been found, he will be my servant; and as for [the rest of] you, get up and go in peace to your father.”

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod secretly sent for the magi and learned from them the [exact] time the star [had first] appeared.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he realized that he had been tricked by the magi, was extremely angry, and he sent [soldiers] and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that area who were two years old and under, according to the date which he had learned from the magi.

Luke 1:3

it seemed fitting for me as well, [and so I have decided] after having carefully searched out and investigated all the events accurately, from the very beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus;

Ecclesiastes 7:27

“Behold, I have discovered this,” says the Preacher, “while adding one thing to another to find an explanation,

John 8:4

and they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of adultery.

1 Corinthians 4:19

But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not just the talk of these arrogant people, but [evaluate] their [spiritual] power [whether they live up to their own claims].

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