48 Bible Verses about Being Lost

Or has taken a false oath about the loss of something which he has come across by chance; if a man has done any of these evil things,

For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.

(He said this so that his words might come true, I have kept safe all those whom you gave to me.)

For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction.

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Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it.

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

And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.

While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.

But now, I say to you, be of good heart, for there will be no loss of life, but only of the ship.

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

And someone said to him, Lord, will only a small number have salvation? And he said to them,

My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.

For this, my son, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away from me, and has come back. And they were full of joy.

Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,

I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.

But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:

To the one it is a perfume of death to death; to the other a perfume of life to life. And who is enough for such things?

But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.

But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

But not a hair of your head will come to destruction.

And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.

And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day.

For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;

And they were overcome, and there was no more place for them in heaven.

Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.

Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;

And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?

And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

As for your asses which have been wandering for three days, give no thought to them, for they have come back. And for whom are all the desired things in Israel? are they not for you and your father's family?

There was no loss of anything, small or great, sons or daughters or goods or anything which they had taken away: David got it all back.

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

Now the asses of Saul's father Kish had gone wandering away. And Kish said to his son Saul, Take one of the servants with you, and get up and go in search of the asses.

And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.

But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error,

He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.

And said to him, Your servants have taken note of the number of all the fighting-men under our orders, and every one is present;

If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;

We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.