'Found' in the Bible

Hearing this, Jesus was amazed and said to those following Him, “I assure you: I have not found anyone in Israel with so great a faith!

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure, buried in a field, that a man found and reburied. Then in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.

When he found one priceless pearl, he went and sold everything he had, and bought it.

“But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him 100 denarii. He grabbed him, started choking him, and said, ‘Pay what you owe!’

Then about five he went and found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing?’

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. And He said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” At once the fig tree withered.

So those slaves went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests.

Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He asked Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with Me one hour?

And He came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open.

As they were going out, they found a Cyrenian man named Simon. They forced this man to carry His cross.

They found Him and said, “Everyone’s looking for You!”

And He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look.”When they found out they said, “Five, and two fish.”

When she went back to her home, she found her child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.

So they went and found a young donkey outside in the street, tied by a door. They untied it,

After seeing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, He went to find out if there was anything on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.

So the disciples went out, entered the city, and found it just as He had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

Then He came and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you sleeping?” He asked Peter. “Couldn’t you stay awake one hour?

And He came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open. They did not know what to say to Him.

When he found out from the centurion, he gave the corpse to Joseph.

Then the angel told her:Do not be afraid, Mary,for you have found favor with God.

They hurried off and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the feeding trough.

After three days, they found Him in the temple complex sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him, and unrolling the scroll, He found the place where it was written:

Jesus heard this and was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, I have not found so great a faith even in Israel!”

When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of fragrant oil

Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man the demons had departed from, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

When the crowds found out, they followed Him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.

After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was found. They kept silent, and in those days told no one what they had seen.

And He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?’

When he has found it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders,

and coming home, he calls his friends and neighbors together, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep!’

When she finds it, she calls her women friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’

because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them.

So they went and found it just as He had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

When He got up from prayer and came to the disciples, He found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief.

They began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, opposing payment of taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is the Messiah, a King.”

and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of.

A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn’t see Him.”

That very hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem. They found the Eleven and those with them gathered together,

He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which means “Anointed One”),

The next day He decided to leave for Galilee. Jesus found Philip and told him, “Follow Me!”

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law (and so did the prophets): Jesus the son of Joseph, from Nazareth!”

In the temple complex He found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and He also found the money changers sitting there.

After this, Jesus found him in the temple complex and said to him, “See, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn’t happen to you.”

When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”

When Jesus heard that they had thrown the man out, He found him and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”

When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written:

After threatening them further, they released them. They found no way to punish them, because the people were all giving glory to God over what had been done;

Instantly she dropped dead at his feet. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband.

“We found the jail securely locked, with the guards standing in front of the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!”

but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You may even be found fighting against God.” So they were persuaded by him.

He found favor in God’s sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women who belonged to the Way, he might bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

When the brothers found out, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.

While talking with him, he went on in and found that many had come together there.

and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

After removing him, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man loyal to Me, who will carry out all My will.’

Though they found no grounds for the death penalty, they asked Pilate to have Him killed.

they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns called Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding countryside.

But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing the crowds.

For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

where he found a Jewish man named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul came to them,

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples

while many of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them in front of everyone. So they calculated their value and found it to be 50,000 pieces of silver.

So we found some disciples and stayed there seven days. Through the Spirit they told Paul not to go to Jerusalem.

I found out that the accusations were about disputed matters in their law, and that there was no charge that merited death or chains.

For we have found this man to be a plague, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes!

and while I was doing this, some Jews from Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.

Either let these men here state what wrongdoing they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

They took a sounding and found it to be 120 feet deep; when they had sailed a little farther and sounded again, they found it to be 90 feet deep.

There we found believers and were invited to stay with them for seven days.And so we came to Rome.

What then can we say that Abraham, our physical ancestor, has found?

And Isaiah says boldly:I was foundby those who were not looking for Me;I revealed Myselfto those who were not asking for Me.

In this regard, it is expected of managers that each one of them be found faithful.

In addition, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified about God that He raised up Christ—whom He did not raise up if in fact the dead are not raised.

since, when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

We have also sent with them our brother. We have often tested him in many circumstances and found him to be diligent—and now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not!

and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith.

On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he diligently searched for me and found me.

By faith Enoch was taken away so he did not experience death, and he was not to be found because God took him away. For prior to his removal he was approved, since he had pleased God.

He did not commit sin,and no deceit was found in His mouth;

Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found at peace with Him without spot or blemish.

Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.

I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.

Be alert and strengthen what remains, which is about to die, for I have not found your works complete before My God.

And I cried and cried because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or even to look in it.

No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying:In this way, Babylon the great citywill be thrown down violentlyand never be found again.

The sound of harpists, musicians,flutists, and trumpeterswill never be heard in you again;no craftsman of any tradewill ever be found in you again;the sound of a millwill never be heard in you again;