Quotes About Search

The ocean depths say, ëIt is not in me,í while the sea declares, ëIt is not with me.í

then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.

He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.

yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.

until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.

He who searches out good finds favor, but evil will come to him who seeks it.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.

As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings cannot be searched.

These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,

What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?

I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.

Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.