31 Bible Verses about exploring

Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this grievous labor hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised with it.

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man may labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yes further; though a wise man thinketh to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

And they returned from exploring the land after forty days.

But God hath revealed them to us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, even the deep things of God.

And the men arose, and departed: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go, and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.

After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days (each day for a year) shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.

And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge: yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.

And Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go ye up this way southward, and ascend the mountain:

In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

I sought in my heart, to give myself to wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

And they brought an evil report of the land which they had searched to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have passed to search it, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it, are men of a great stature.

Say to them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:

The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.

And Joshua the son of Nun sent from Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go, view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into the house of a harlot, named Rahab, and lodged there.