35 Bible Verses about Not Finding

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Genesis 2:20

So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found.

Genesis 38:20

Then Judah had his friend Hirah the Adullamite take a young goat to get back from the woman the items he had given in pledge, but Hirah could not find her.

Jeremiah 50:20

When that time comes, no guilt will be found in Israel. No sin will be found in Judah. For I will forgive those of them I have allowed to survive. I, the Lord, affirm it!'"

Ezekiel 26:21

I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more! Though you are sought after, you will never be found again, declares the sovereign Lord."

2 Samuel 17:20

When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman replied to them, "They crossed over the stream." Absalom's men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Kings 2:17

But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, "Send them out." They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah.

Hosea 2:6

Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.

Genesis 19:11

Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.

Exodus 16:27

On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather it, but they found nothing.

Hosea 2:7

Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say, "I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now."

Amos 8:12

People will stagger from sea to sea, and from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a revelation from the Lord, but they will not find any.

Matthew 26:60

But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward

Mark 11:13

After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

Mark 14:55

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything.

Luke 2:45

When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.

Luke 24:3

but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

Luke 24:23

and when they did not find his body, they came back and said they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.

John 7:34

You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."

John 7:36

What did he mean by saying, 'You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"

John 7:35

Then the Jewish leaders said to one another, "Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?

Acts 5:22

But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,

Acts 12:19

When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

Acts 17:6

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, "These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

Romans 11:7

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,

Genesis 31:33

So Laban entered Jacob's tent, and Leah's tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah's tent and entered Rachel's.

Genesis 31:34

(Now Rachel had taken the idols and put them inside her camel's saddle and sat on them.) Laban searched the whole tent, but did not find them.

Genesis 31:35

Rachel said to her father, "Don't be angry, my lord. I cannot stand up in your presence because I am having my period." So he searched thoroughly, but did not find the idols.

Genesis 31:37

When you searched through all my goods, did you find anything that belonged to you? Set it here before my relatives and yours, and let them settle the dispute between the two of us!

Psalm 107:4

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

Job 37:23

As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.

Hosea 5:6

Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the Lord, They will not find him -- he has withdrawn himself from them!

Ecclesiastes 7:24

Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom.

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Song of Solomon 3:1

The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.

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