49 Bible Verses about Being Lost

or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin --

For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, "I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me."

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."

Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.

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Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.

They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.

When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted."

When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.

And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

"Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few be saved?" So he said to them,

"My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have allow them to go astray. They have wandered around in the mountains. They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. They have forgotten their resting place.

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again -- he was lost and is found!' So they began to celebrate.

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,

I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them -- with judgment!

But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,

to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

So he answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Yet not a hair of your head will perish.

He has not held fast to the head from whom the whole body, supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.

Now this is the will of the one who sent me -- that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day.

For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

But the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, so there was no longer any place left in heaven for him and his angels.

"Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it?

For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

Jesus answered them, "You are deceived, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God.

My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing --

Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.'

What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?

Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

Don't be concerned about the donkeys that you lost three days ago, for they have been found. Whom does all Israel desire? Is it not you, and all your father's family?"

There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. David brought everything back.

Then some people said, "Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God's word. Come on! Let's bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says."

The donkeys of Saul's father Kish wandered off, so Kish said to his son Saul, "Take one of the servants with you and go look for the donkeys."

A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him.

and said to him, "Your servants have taken a count of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority, and not one is missing.

if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,

We do not see any signs of God's presence; there are no longer any prophets and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.