'Searching' in the Bible

And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.

An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.

And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross.

And I say to you, Make requests, and they will be answered; what you are searching for, you will get; when you give the sign, the door will be open to you.

For to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire; and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?

I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.

Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

And Isaiah says without fear, Those who were not searching for me made discovery of me; and I was seen by those whose hearts were turned away from me.

Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life.

What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;

For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves.

And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.