'Found' in the Bible

When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel."

Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.

People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?'

"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'

Or what woman, if she had ten drachma coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn't light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'

for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"

Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?"

"He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'

Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.

They went, found things as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of grief,

They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

When he found out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him."

They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,

He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, "Follow me."

Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you."

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

they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,

She fell down immediately at his feet, and died. The young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

"We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before 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 it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"

Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.

who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

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

As he talked with him, he went in and found many gathered together.

When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus,

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'

Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' What therefore you worship in ignorance, this I announce to you.

He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,

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

Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted the price of them, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

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

Having found disciples, we stayed there seven days. These said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?"

I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but not to be charged with anything worthy of death or of imprisonment.

For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.

Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,

But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him.

There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.

They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms. After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.

where we found brothers, and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. So we came to Rome.

May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, "That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment."

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

The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;

Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who didn't seek me. I was revealed to those who didn't ask for me."

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found faithful.

Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.

if so be that being clothed we will not be found naked.

For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.

For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don't desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;

But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness),

but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me

By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn't see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.

For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.

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

who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight.

I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.

"I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can't tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.

And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book, or to look in it.

They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven.

In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.

Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.

The voice of harpists, minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. No craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found any more at all in you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you.

In her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth."

I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.

If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.