What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.

and if God is gracious to him and says, ‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’

I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.

He said, “My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you.”

Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

The Teacher says: I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item.

Moreover, the Lord says, “Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple!

But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.”

Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, ‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,’ but this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity!” The cloth must then be spread out before the city’s elders.

Gideon said to him, “If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

Ruth knelt before him with her forehead to the ground and said to him, “Why are you so kind and so attentive to me, even though I am a foreigner?”

When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So, you have found me, my enemy!” Elijah replied, “I have found you, because you are committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord.

Hilkiah informed Shaphan the scribe, “I found the law scroll in the Lord’s temple.” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan.

I had them assemble at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed that the people and the priests were present, but I found no Levites there.

This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

‘You have said, “I feel so hopeless! For the Lord has added sorrow to my suffering. I am worn out from groaning. I can’t find any rest.”’”

“I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame – they became as detestable as what they loved.

Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful.”