Song of Songs 3:2

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Cross-reference

Song 5:6 repeats the exact phrase 'I sought him but found him not', directly paralleling the failed search.

In Song 5:5, the woman again rises to seek her beloved, but now he comes to the door, showing a repeated pattern of longing.

Matthew 7:7 Contrast

Matthew 7:7 promises that seeking will lead to finding, in contrast to the failed search for the beloved here.

John 20:15 Parallel

John 20:15 shows Mary Magdalene seeking Jesus' body and not initially finding it, mirroring the beloved's unsuccessful search.

Jeremiah 5:1 also involves searching the streets and broad places of Jerusalem, though for a righteous person.