Those who hide can find

Hide means ‘hide something’: the verb is used absolutely.

He may wel fynde that hyde him selven.
[c 1400 Seven Sages of Rome (1845) 68]

They that hide can find.
[1639 J. Clarke Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina 111]

‘I could have told you where it was.’ ‘Yes, yes, those who hide can find.’
[1842 Marryat Percival Keene I. iii.]

(She‥unrolls the potato from the top of her stocking.) Those that hides knows where to find.
[1922 Joyce Ulysses 542]

Only those who had hidden here were likely ever to find. The full leafage covered all.
[1979 ‘E. Peters’ One Corpse too Many ix.]

Related to: concealment

Bibliography of major proverb collections and works cited from modern editions is available here.