'Found' in the Bible

Then Herod secretly called together the wise men, found out from them the time the star had appeared,

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and told those who were following him, "I tell all of you with certainty, not even in Israel have I found this kind of faith!

"The kingdom from heaven is like treasure hidden in a field that a man found and hid. In his excitement he went and sold everything he had and bought that field."

When he found a very valuable pearl, he went and sold everything he had and bought it."

"But when that servant went away, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him, seized him by the throat, and said, "Pay what you owe!'

About five o'clock he went out and found some others standing around. He asked them, "Why are you standing here all day long without work?'

Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.

Those servants went out into the streets and brought in everyone they found, evil and good alike, and the wedding hall was packed with guests.

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

Then he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open.

As they were leaving, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry Jesus' cross.

When they found him, they told him, "Everyone's looking for you."

He asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and see." They found out and told him, "Five loaves and two fish."

So she went home and found her child lying in bed, and the demon was gone.

So they went and found the colt outside in the street tied up next to a doorway. While they were untying it,

Seeing in the distance a fig tree covered with leaves, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing except leaves because it wasn't the season for figs.

So the disciples left and went into the city. They found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

When he went back, he found his disciples asleep. "Simon, are you asleep?" he asked Peter. "You couldn't stay awake for one hour, could you?

Again he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open. They didn't even know what they should say to him.

Then the angel told her, "Stop being afraid, Mary, because you have found favor with God.

So they went quickly and found Mary and Joseph with the baby, who was lying in the feeding trough.

Three days later, they found him in the Temple sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and posing questions to them.

the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him. Turning to the crowd that was following him, he said, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found this kind of faith!"

Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant in perfect health.

So the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at Jesus' feet, dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened.

But the crowds found out about this and followed him. He welcomed them and began to speak to them about the kingdom of God and to heal those who needed healing.

So he told the gardener, "Look here! For three years I've been coming to look for fruit on this tree but I haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it waste the soil?'

Then he goes home, calls his friends and neighbors together, and says to them, "Rejoice with me, because I've found my lost sheep!'

When she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, "Rejoice with me, because I have found the coin that I lost!'

Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.'"

Except for this foreigner, were any of them found to return and give praise to God?"

So those who were sent went off and found it as Jesus had told them.

So they went and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

When he got up from prayer, he went to the disciples and found them asleep from sorrow.

They began to accuse him, "We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Messiah, a king."

and told them, "You brought this man to me as one who turns the people against the government. And here in your presence I have examined him and have found him "Not Guilty' of the charges you make against him.

Then he spoke to them a third time: "What has he done wrong? I have found nothing in him worthy of death. So I will punish him and let him go."

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said. However, they didn't see him."

They got up right away, went back to Jerusalem, and found the eleven disciples and their companions all together.

The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and say to him, "We have found the Anointed One!" (which is translated "Messiah").

The next day, Jesus decided to go away to Galilee, where he found Philip and told him, "Follow me."

Philip found Nathaniel and told him, "We have found the man about whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets wrote Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth."

In the Temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as moneychangers sitting at their tables.

Later on, Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, "Look! You have become well. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."

When they had found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. So when he found him, he asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

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

Then Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written:

Now when the Jewish leaders saw the boldness of Peter and John and found out that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and realized that they had been with Jesus.

She instantly fell down at Peter's feet and died. When the young men came in, they found her dead. So they carried her out and buried her next to her husband.

"We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

He found favor with God and asked to design a dwelling for the house of Jacob,

But Philip found himself at Azotus. As he was passing through that region, he kept proclaiming the good news in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

He asked him for letters to take with him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.

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

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

As Peter talked with him, he went in and found that many people had gathered.

When he found him, he brought him to Antioch, and for a whole year they were guests of the church and taught many people. It was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

They went through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish occult practitioner and false prophet named Bar-jesus.

Then God removed Saul and made David their king, about whom he testified, "I have found that David, the son of Jesse, is a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my wishes.'

Although they found no reason to sentence him to death, they asked Pilate to have him executed.

Paul and Barnabas found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding territory.

But when the Jewish leaders in Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul also in Berea, they went there to upset and incite the crowds.

For as I was walking around and looking closely at the objects you worship, I even found an altar with this written on it: "To an unknown god.' So I am telling you about the unknown object you worship.

There he found a Jew 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 went to visit them,

It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul passed through the inland districts and came to Ephesus. He found a few disciples there

Moreover, many people who had practiced occult arts gathered their books and burned them in front of everybody. They estimated their value and found them to have been worth 50,000 silver coins.

But when they found out that he was a Jew, they all started to shout in unison for about two hours, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

There we found a ship going across to Phoenicia, so we went aboard and sailed on.

Paul said, "But I was born a citizen." Immediately those who were about to examine him stepped back, and the tribune was afraid when he found out that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had tied him up.

I found that, although he was charged with questions about their Law, there was no charge against him deserving death or imprisonment.

For we have found this man a perfect pest and an agitator among all Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader in the sect of the Nazarenes

They never found me debating with anyone in the Temple or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or throughout the city,

They found me in the Temple doing these things just as I had completed the purification ceremony. No crowd or noisy mob was present.

Otherwise, these men themselves should tell what wrong they found when I stood before the Council

There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy and put us on it.

After taking soundings, they found the depth to be twenty fathoms. A little later, they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms.

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. After this, we arrived in Rome.

and I died. I found that the very rule that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

And Isaiah boldly says, "I was found by those who were not looking for me; I was revealed to those who were not asking for me."

It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, and of a kind that is not found even among the gentiles. A man is actually living with his father's wife!

In addition, we are found to be false witnesses about God because we testified on God's behalf that he raised the Messiah whom he did not raise if in fact it is true that the dead are not raised.

Of course, if we do put it on, we will not be found without a body.

We do not put an obstacle in anyone's way. Otherwise, fault may be found with our ministry.

We have also sent with them our brother whom we have often tested in many ways and found to be dedicated. At present he is more dedicated than ever because he has so much confidence in you.

Now if we, while trying to be justified by the Messiah, have been found to be sinners, does that mean that the Messiah is serving the interests of sin? Of course not!

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but one that comes through the faithfulness of the Messiah, the righteousness that comes from God and that depends on faith.

By common confession, the secret of our godly worship is great: In flesh was he revealed to sight, kept righteous by the Spirit's might, adored by angels singing. To nations was he manifest, believing souls found peace and rest, our Lord in heaven reigning!

Instead, when he arrived in Rome he searched diligently for me and found me.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and found to be true, because you know from whom you learned it.

See to it, my brothers, that no evil, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the living God.

but God found something wrong with his people when he said, "Look! The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

By faith Enoch was taken away without experiencing death. He could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he won approval as one who pleased God.

put out raging fires, escaped death by the sword, found strength in weakness, became powerful in battle, and routed foreign armies.

This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is found in his Son.

Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write to you and urge you to continue your vigorous defense of the faith that was passed down to the saints once and for all.

"I know what you've been doing, your toil, and your endurance. I also know that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles, but are not, and have found them to be false.