21 Bible Verses about Those Looking For People

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Genesis 37:15-16

And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for? And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.

Joshua 2:22

And they went into the hill-country and were there three days, till the men who had gone after them had come back; and those who went after them were searching for them everywhere without coming across them.

2 Samuel 17:20

And Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone from here to the stream. And after searching for them, and seeing nothing of them, they went back to Jerusalem.

1 Samuel 23:14

And David kept in the waste land, in safe places, waiting in the hill-country in the waste land of Ziph. And Saul was searching for him every day, but God did not give him up into his hands

1 Samuel 23:22

Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit.

1 Kings 2:40

Then Shimei got up, and making ready his ass, he went to Gath, to Achish, in search of his servants; and he sent and got them from Gath.

1 Kings 10:24

And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

1 Kings 18:10

By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.

2 Kings 2:16-17

And they said, Your servants have with us here fifty strong men; be pleased to let them go in search of Elijah; for it may be that the spirit of the Lord has taken him up and put him down on some mountain or in some valley. But he said, Do not send them. But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him.

Judges 4:22

Then Jael went out, and meeting Barak going after Sisera, said to him, Come, and I will let you see the man you are searching for. So he came into her tent and saw, and there was Sisera stretched out dead with the tent-pin in his head.

Acts 10:19

And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.

2 Timothy 1:17

But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me

1 Kings 1:2

So his servants said to him, Let search be made for a young virgin for my lord the king, to take care of him and be waiting on him; and you may take her in your arms, and so my lord the king will be warm.

1 Kings 1:3

So after searching through all the land of Israel for a fair young girl, they saw Abishag the Shunammite, and took her to the king.

Esther 2:2

Then the servants who were waiting on the king said to him, Let search be made for some fair young virgins for the king:

2 Kings 10:23

And Jehu, with Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, went into the house of Baal; and he said to the servants of Baal, Make a search with care, to see that no servant of the Lord is with you, but only servants of Baal.

Daniel 2:13

So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

Daniel 4:36

At the same time my reason came back to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my honour and my great name came back to me; and my wise men and my lords were turned to me again; and I was made safe in my kingdom and had more power than before.

Matthew 10:11

And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.

Acts 11:25

Then he went on to Tarsus, looking for Saul;

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