Quotes About Search

When Absalomís servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”

Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.

So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.

As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ëHe is not here,í he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.

But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.í”

“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.

But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.

But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”

and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.

they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

I issued a decree, and a search was conducted. It was discovered that this city has revolted against kings from ancient times, engaging in rebellion and sedition.

Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.

These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

Then the kingís attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,

who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,

The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.

The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—

If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

“Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.