25 occurrences in 12 translations

'Finding' in the Bible

lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.'

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainFugitivesThe HomelessWanderersDriven From God's PresenceGod HidingBeing Hidden From GodHidden From God

And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainBlood, as symbol of guiltDeath penaltyRevenge, And RetaliationSanctity Of LifeSevenfoldRestraints From KillingMarks On PeopleDeath Penalty For KillingMan AvengingRevenge

And he commandeth also the second, also the third, also all who are going after the droves, saying, 'According to this manner do ye speak unto Esau in your finding him,

Verse ConceptsMen's Orders

Then Moses led Israel on from the Red Sea, and they went out to the Wilderness of Shur. They journeyed for three days in the wilderness without finding water.

Verse ConceptsDeserts, SpecificThree DaysNo Water For PeopleOther References To The Red Sea

and those finding him gathering wood bring him near unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company,

And you shall be groping at noon just as the blind person gropes in the dark, and you shall not succeed [in finding] your way, and you shall only be abused and robbed {all the time}, and there will not be {anyone who will rescue you}.

Verse ConceptsNoonRescueWorldly DilemmasWalking In DarknessNot ProsperingRobbing PeopleSpiritual Darkness

They left and went [on their way] to the hill country [west of Jericho], and stayed there [hidden in the caves] three days until the pursuers returned. The pursuers had searched all along the road but had not found them.

Verse ConceptsThree DaysEscaping To MountainsThose Looking For People

“Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior,the spoil of colored garments for Sisera,the spoil of an embroidered garment or two for my neck?”

Verse ConceptsClothembroiderySpoils Of WarDividing The Spoil

Hilkiah reported his finding to Shaphan the scribe, telling him, "I found the Book of the Law in the LORD's Temple. Then he gave the book to Shaphan.

The king then had the matter investigated and, finding it to be so, had the two conspirators hanged on a gallows. It was then recorded in the daily chronicles in the king's presence.

Verse ConceptsTreasonPeople Hung To DeathHistorical BooksKilling Named Individuals

They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water.When they arrive there, they are frustrated.

Verse ConceptsOptimismDisappointment

Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

Verse ConceptsGod Is HolyPower Of God, DescribedUnintelligiblenesspast

He breaketh in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.

Verse ConceptsExchanging Of LeadersDeposing

Therefore let all [the] faithful pray to you at [the] time [for] finding [you]. Surely at [the] flood of many waters they will not reach him.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeThe Accepted TimeWatchfulness, DivineAnswered PromisesFinding GodSwampedStress And Hard TimesOvercoming Hard TimesFloodsPrayer During Hard TimesAcknowledged

Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,finding no way to a city where they could live.

Verse ConceptsThe HomelessCity Of GodNot FindingTemporary Stay In The WildernessBeing Lostlonlinesswandering

I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.

Verse ConceptsBible, In Christian LivingRejoicing In God's Word

For life they are to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.

Verse ConceptsHealth AchievedLife Through Keeping The LawHealth And Healing

All of them are plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

Verse ConceptsStraight ThingsDiscernment

For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsFindingDivine FavourFinding GodFinding PeopleLife By WisdomAccess to GodFinding Love

And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart is nets and snares, her hands are bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.

Verse ConceptsSexual ChastityWomen Doing WrongMan TrappingGodly WomanBitternessBreaking Chainsnagging

I am a wall, and my breasts as towers, Then I have been in his eyes as one finding peace.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Being AttractiveSexual Desirebreasts

If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

Verse ConceptsSabbath, In OtDesecrationSabbath Observed

All finding them have devoured them, And their adversaries have said: We are not guilty, Because that they sinned against Jehovah, The habitation of righteousness, And the hope of their fathers -- Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdHope, Nature OfPlea Of Innocence

When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame -- they became as detestable as what they loved.

Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

Bible Theasaurus

Ascertain (6 instances)
Decision (199 instances)
Detect (3 instances)
Determine (43 instances)
Discover (49 instances)
Encounter (23 instances)
Receive (453 instances)
Recover (44 instances)
Regain (15 instances)
Retrieve (5 instances)
Witness (321 instances)

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