6 Bible Verses about Seeking But Not Finding People

By night on my bed I sought Him whom my soul loved; I sought Him, but I did not find Him.

I opened to my Beloved, but my Beloved had left. He passed on. My soul went out when He spoke; I sought Him, but I could not find Him. I called Him, but He did not answer me.

And searching for him, and not finding him, examining the guards, Herod commanded them to be led away to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed.

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not; and I looked for him, but he could not be found.

You shall seek them, and shall not find them; men warring against you shall be as nothing, and as ceasing.

And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them. She shall seek them, but shall not find them. Then she shall say, I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better with me than now.