“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

• Matthew 7:7

the priest is to examine them, and if he finds that the sore has spread in the skin, he does not need to look for yellow hair; they are unclean.

• Leviticus 13:6

Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.”

• Numbers 9:8

“But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the Lord; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.

• Numbers 32:23

Then Esther summoned Hathak, one of the king’s eunuchs assigned to attend her, and ordered him to find out what was troubling Mordecai and why.”

• Esther 4:5

The word “find(s)” is in the NIV 281 times.  These questions relate to Bible verses containing at least one of those words.  I did not extend the “search” to other tenses as in “found.”

Since some questions may be off the wall, it may help to know that all of the questions are in biblical order and all pertain to verses prior to Solomon becoming king.

The Questions:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	“Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”  Who said this?
2	What did Noah send from the ark twice?  The first time it could not find evidence that the water had receded.
3	Lot had visitors and the people of Sodom wanted to molest them.  How did these visitors prevent the rioters from finding the door to the house?
4	Rachel sat on “them” and pretended to be in her monthly issue of blood.  Laban could not find them.  What was he looking for?
5	Judah was unable to find what he sought.  The people said that what he sought had never been at the shrine.  What was it?
6	The Israelite slaves were not told to make bricks without straw.  What did the Egyptians demand of them?
7	Deuteronomy 22 starts off commanding the Israelites to be good neighbors.  Do not ignore the neighbor’s ox that has strayed.  Then it mentions another animal of your neighbor that you might find, or their cloak, or anything else, return it to them.  Other than the ox, what other animal is mentioned?
8	Who tells the spies to go into the hills and hide for three days so that their pursuers will not find them?
9	When an evil spirit descends upon Saul, his servants are concerned.  They make a suggestion, and he agrees.  What must his servants find?
10	The phrase “find favor in the eyes of the Lord” is a common expression in the Bible, usually only finding favor.  The full expression with “our Lord” or “my Lord” is found five times,  Two with Jacob referring to Esau, once with the Egyptians referring to Pharoah, and once with Ruth referring to Boaz.  But what is the one time the entire phrase pertains to someone finding favor in God’s eyes?  The person and the circumstance please.

Have you ever heard someone talk about finding God?

That is rather strange.  Until we accept Jesus as our Savior, we are the ones who are lost.  God knows where He is.

In fact, God pursues us.  I heard it well said a few times because the video was repeated often.  The best way to find God is to stop running away, turn around (meaning to repent of your sin), and fall into the loving arms of God.

Bible References:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	“Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”  Who said this?	Genesis 4:14
2	What did Noah send from the ark twice?  The first time it could not find evidence that the water had receded.	Genesis 8:9
3	Lot had visitors and the people of Sodom wanted to molest them.  How did these visitors prevent the rioters from finding the door to the house?	Genesis 19:11
4	Rachel sat on “them” and pretended to be in her monthly issue of blood.  Laban could not find them.  What was he looking for?	Genesis 31:35
5	Judah was unable to find what he sought.  The people said that what he sought had never been at the shrine.  What was it?	Genesis 38:22
6	The Israelite slaves were not told to make bricks without straw.  What did the Egyptians demand of them?	Exodus 5:11
7	Deuteronomy 22 starts off commanding the Israelites to be good neighbors.  Do not ignore the neighbor’s ox that has strayed.  Then it mentions another animal of your neighbor that you might find, or their cloak, or anything else, return it to them.  Other than the ox, what other animal is mentioned?	Deuteronomy 22:3
8	Who tells the spies to go into the hills and hide for three days so that their pursuers will not find them?	Joshua 2:16
9	When an evil spirit descends upon Saul, his servants are concerned.  They make a suggestion, and he agrees.  What must his servants find?	1 Samuel 16:17
10	The phrase “find favor in the eyes of the Lord” is a common expression in the Bible, usually only finding favor.  The full expression with “our Lord” or “my Lord” is found five times.  Two with Jacob referring to Esau, once with the Egyptians referring to Pharoah, and once with Ruth referring to Boaz.  But what is the one time the entire phrase pertains to someone finding favor in God’s eyes?  The person and the circumstance please.	2 Samuel 15:25

The last question makes my heart ache a bit.  I screw up so much.  I seem to have a big problem seeing my God as big enough to handle my problems when my problems are all around me.  My military training and my upbringing weave together so that I do not lament troubles that befall me.  I pick myself up and I tackle the problem from instinct.

But then, as my energy wanes, and it wanes quickly these days, I look to heaven and say something like, “There I go again, tackling the problem myself when You are right there.  You could make the problem go away, but no, I butted heads with the bull until the bull went away dizzy and I am now exhausted.  Lord, how many times will it take before my reaction is to pray first and then butt heads with the bull?”

Believing in Jesus really means believe and trust, and we should put that trust into action more often than most of us do.

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The Answers:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	“Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”  Who said this?	Genesis 4:14	Cain, before God placed a mark upon him so that he would not be killed.
2	What did Noah send from the ark twice?  The first time it could not find evidence that the water had receded.	Genesis 8:9	A dove
3	Lot had visitors and the people of Sodom wanted to molest them.  How did these visitors prevent the rioters from finding the door to the house?	Genesis 19:11	They struck them blind
4	Rachel sat on “them” and pretended to be in her monthly issue of blood.  Laban could not find them.  What was he looking for?	Genesis 31:35	Laban’s household gods that Rachel had stolen
5	Judah was unable to find what he sought.  The people said that what he sought had never been at the shrine.  What was it?	Genesis 38:22	A shrine prostitute, not knowing Tamar had tricked him.
6	The Israelite slaves were not told to make bricks without straw.  What did the Egyptians demand of them?	Exodus 5:11	To find their own straw wherever they could find it.
7	Deuteronomy 22 starts off commanding the Israelites to be good neighbors.  Do not ignore the neighbor’s ox that has strayed.  Then it mentions another animal of your neighbor that you might find, or their cloak, or anything else, return it to them.  Other than the ox, what other animal is mentioned?	Deuteronomy 22:3	Their donkey
8	Who tells the spies to go into the hills and hide for three days so that their pursuers will not find them?	Joshua 2:16	Rahab
9	When an evil spirit descends upon Saul, his servants are concerned.  They make a suggestion, and he agrees.  What must his servants find?	1 Samuel 16:17	Someone who plays the lyre well.
10	The phrase “find favor in the eyes of the Lord” is a common expression in the Bible, usually only finding favor.  The full expression with “our Lord” or “my Lord” is found five times,  Two with Jacob referring to Esau, once with the Egyptians referring to Pharoah, and once with Ruth referring to Boaz.  But what is the one time the entire phrase pertains to someone finding favor in God’s eyes?  The person and the circumstance please.	2 Samuel 15:25	David orders Zadok to return to Jerusalem with the Ark after Absalom has rebelled and taken over the kingdom.  But if God finds favor in His servant David, David will see the Ark once more.  David fleeing Absalom would be a sufficient answer.

Since you did so well or even if you did not do too well, here is Jonathan and Melissa Helser singing Find Me.

And if we seek the Lord, we should see the Lord.  Right?  Here are the Asidors, at least the children, singing I See You Lord.  I have used videos of theirs before.

When we do as I confessed above, maybe we need to find rest in the Lord.  Here is Find Rest sung by Caroline Cobb.

The next song is Finding Hope, sung by children and leaders of the Finding Hope Worship ministry, possibly in Romania.

If you like these Saturday morning Bible quizzes, but you think you missed a few, you can use this LINK. I have set up a page off the home page for links to these Saturday morning posts. I will continue to modify the page as I add more.

Soli Deo Gloria.  Only to God be the Glory.