'Finds' in the Bible

“Blessed [comforted by inner peace and God’s love] are those who are persecuted for doing that which is morally right, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus warned them sternly, “Be sure that no one finds out!”

The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it."

And blessed [joyful, favored by God] is he who does not take offense at Me [accepting Me as the Messiah and trusting confidently in My message of salvation].”

"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through waterless places looking for a place to rest, but finds none.

Then it says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ And returning, it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order.

"The Kingdom of the Heavens is like treasure buried in the open country, which a man finds, but buries again, and, in his joy about it, goes and sells all he has and buys that piece of ground.

He finds one most costly pearl; he goes away; and though it costs all he has, he buys it.

Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?

And if he finds it, I assure you: He rejoices over that sheep more than over the 99 that did not go astray.

That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour with me?

Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;

And he comes and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, Simon, dost thou sleep? Hast thou not been able to watch one hour?

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

And returning, it finds the house swept and put in order.

"Dismiss your fears, little flock: your Father finds a pleasure in giving you the Kingdom.

How blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching for him when he comes! I tell all of you with certainty, he himself will put on an apron, make them sit down at the table, and go around and serve them.

If he comes in the middle of the night, or even near dawn, and finds them alert, those slaves are blessed.

That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

“What man among you, who has 100 sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the 99 in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?

When he finds it, he puts it on his shoulders and rejoices.

“Or what woman who has 10 silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?

When she finds it, she calls her women friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’

because I tell all of you, I will never eat it again until it finds its fulfillment in the kingdom of God."

He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).

On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.

Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.

After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art become well: sin no more, that something worse do not happen to thee.

I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

Which one of you [has proof and] convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?

Love finds no joy in unrighteousnessbut rejoices in the truth.

May the Lord grant that he finds mercy on the day he comes again. You know very well how much he assisted me in Ephesus.

However, God finds fault with them [showing its inadequacy] when He says,“Behold, the days will come, says the Lord,When I will make and ratify a new covenantWith the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly.

For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.