Quotes about Exploration
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
— 2 Samuel 10:3
Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
— 2 Samuel 24:6
At the end of nine months and twenty days, having gone through the whole land, they returned to Jerusalem.
— 2 Samuel 24:8
So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.
— 1 Kings 18:6
and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.
— 1 Chronicles 4:39
Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
— 2 Chronicles 8:17
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
— Job 28:3
Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
— Job 28:4
Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
— Job 28:8
He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
— Job 28:10
He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
— Job 28:11
Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?
— Job 38:16