49 Bible Verses about Being Lost

Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.

That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.

When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.

What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.