49 Bible Verses about Being Lost
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or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;
For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you.
that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, "Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none."
Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.
He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost."
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. Those whom you have given me I have kept. None of them is lost, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?
My people have 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 resting place.
for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.
Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
to the one a stench from death to death; to the other a sweet aroma from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.
and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.
This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.
Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved, and in those who perish;
When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'
"What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don't set your mind on them; for they are found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father's house?"
There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them. David brought back all.
Then they said, 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 strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, "Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys."
A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there.
But now faith, hope, and love remain -- these three. The greatest of these is love.
and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us.
We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
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