'Looking' in the Bible

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

At that very moment, she came up and began to thank God and to speak about Him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Assuming He was in the traveling party, they went a day’s journey. Then they began looking for Him among their relatives and friends.

After looking around at them all, He told him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was restored.

Then looking up at His disciples, He said:You who are poor are blessed,because the kingdom of God is yours.

So He said, “The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so thatLooking they may not see,and hearing they may not understand.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke them. He kept giving them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then says, ‘I’ll go back to my house where I came from.’

And He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none.

He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?’

Every day He was teaching in the temple complex. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were looking for a way to destroy Him,

The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Him to death, because they were afraid of the people.

So he accepted the offer and started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them when the crowd was not present.

who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground.“Why are you looking for the living among the dead?” asked the men.