'Found' in the Bible

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

But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.

and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

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

As he talked with him, he entered and *found many people assembled.

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

When Herod had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and was spending time there.

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,

After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.’

And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He be executed.

But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,

It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples.

And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

and having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.

Therefore those who were about to examine him immediately let go of him; and the commander also was afraid when he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had put him in chains.

and I found him to be accused over questions about their Law, but under no accusation deserving death or imprisonment.

For we have found this man a real pest and a fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

in which they found me occupied in the temple, having been purified, without any crowd or uproar. But there were some Jews from Asia—

Or else let these men themselves tell what misdeed they found when I stood before the Council,

But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death; and since he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it.

They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms.

When they had been brought safely through, then we found out that the island was called Malta.

There we found some brethren, and were invited to stay with them for seven days; and thus we came to Rome.

May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written,“That You may be justified in Your words,And prevail when You are judged.”

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?

And Isaiah is very bold and says,“I was found by those who did not seek Me,I became manifest to those who did not ask for Me.”

Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.

inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked.

We have sent with them our brother, whom we have often tested and found diligent in many things, but now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be!

Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.

and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.

Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me—

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.

For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;

Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,

‘I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;

Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God.

Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it;

and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.

And no lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless.

And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer.

And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the sound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer;

And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth.”

Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.

And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.