'Finding' in the Bible

and upon finding a single pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

But finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof [and removed some tiles to make an opening] and lowered him through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus.

“When the unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places in search [of a place] of rest; and not finding any, it says, ‘I will go back to my house (person) from which I came.’

So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they boarded the small boats themselves and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

“Does our Law convict someone without first giving him a hearing and finding out what he is [accused of] doing?”

But sin, finding an opportunity through the commandment [to express itself] produced in me every kind of coveting and selfish desire. For without the Law sin is dead [the recognition of sin is inactive].

sound and beyond reproach in instruction, so that the opponent [of the faith] will be shamed, having nothing bad to say about us.