47 Bible Verses about Missing Someone

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

"Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war, which were under our hand, and there lacked not one man of them.

And when the king came by, he cried unto him and said, "Thy servant went out in the midst of the battle. And see, there was one began to flee. And there came a man to me and said, 'Keep this man. And if he be missed thy life shall go for his, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.'

Seek through the scripture of the LORD and read it: There shall none of these things be left out, there shall not one, nor such like, fail. For what his mouth commandeth, that same doth his spirit gather together or fulfill.

Where no discretion is, there the soul is not well; and whoso is swift on foot, stumbleth hastily.

Look on yourselves, that we lose not that we have wrought: but that we may have a full reward.

or hath found that which was lost and denieth it, and sweareth falsely, in whatsoever thing it be that a man doth and sinneth therein;

Then said Jonathan to David, "Tomorrow shall be the first day of the moon. And thou shalt be missed, because the place shall appear empty.

Yet there shall not one hair of your heads perish.

How think ye? If a man have a hundred sheep, and one of them should be gone astray, doth he not leave ninety and nine in the mountains, and go and seek that one which is gone astray?

Lift up your eyes on high, and consider who hath made those things, which come out by so great heaps; and he can call them all by their names. For there is nothing hid unto the greatness of his power, strength, and might.

He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names.

That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, "Of them which thou gavest me have I not lost one."

There shall not one visit another, to mourn with them for their dead, or to comfort them. One shall not offer another the cup of consolation, to forget their heaviness for father and mother.

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

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

For God beareth me record how greatly I long after you all from the very heart-root in Jesus Christ.

I will set shepherds also over them, which shall feed them. They shall no more fear and dread, for there shall none of them be lost, sayeth the LORD.

from the which things, some have erred, and have turned unto vain jangling,

I look upon my righthand, and see there is no man that will know me. I have no place to flee unto, no man careth for my soul.

For if we be too fervent, to God are we too fervent: if we keep measure, for your cause keep we measure.

And if one member suffer, all suffer with him: if one member be had in honour, all members be glad also.

To all you of Rome beloved of God, and saints by calling. Grace be with you, and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Yea, and the son of man is come to save that which is lost.

Then two shall be in the fields: the one shall be received, and the other shall be refused,

And thereto, they which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

Search the scriptures: for in them, ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me.

But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his own soul. All they that hate me, are the lovers of death."

If our Gospel be yet hid, it is hid among them that are lost,

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven.

so that there was no person lacking, small or great, son or daughter, or of the spoil of all that they had taken away - David brought all again.

Such as be lost, will I seek; such as go astray, will I bring again; such as be wounded, will I bind up; such as be weak, will I make strong; such as be fat and well liking, those will I preserve and feed them with the thing that is lawful.

And it chanced that the asses of this Kish, Saul's father were lost. Then said Kish to Saul his son, "Take one of the lads with thee and up and go seek the asses."

The hope of the ungodly in time of need, is like a rotten tooth and a slippery foot.

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

{A Psalm of David} The LORD is my shepherd; I can want nothing.

And when they that longed unto him heard of it, they went out to hold him. For they said, "He is too fervent."

for this my son was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is now found.' And they began to be merry.

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

Moreover, when ye be increased and multiplied in the land, then, sayeth the LORD, there shall no more boast be made of the ark of the LORD's Covenant: No man shall think upon it, neither shall any man make mention of it: for from thenceforth it shall neither be visited, nor honored with gifts.

If thou see thy brother's ox or sheep go astray, thou shalt not withdraw thyself from them: But shalt bring them home again unto thy brother.

For the son of man is come to seek, and to save that which was lost."

If it happen that he find him, verily I say unto you, He rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine, which went not astray.

If thou seekest after her as after money, and diggest for her as for treasures;

Yea, the truth is laid in prison, and he that refraineth himself from evil must be spoiled. When the LORD saw this, it displeased him sore that there was nowhere any equity.

There shall be foot paths and common streets: this shall be called the holy way. No unclean person shall go through it, for the LORD himself shall go with them that way, and the ignorant shall not err.

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: