JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="word word1">foo</div>
<div class="word word2">bar</div>
<div class="word word3">baz</div>
<div class="word word4">qux</div>

<div id="testing"></div>

JavaScript

$(function () {

    var array = ['baz', 'qux'];
    for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
        array_text = array[i];
        $('div').each(function () {
            if ($(this).text() == array_text) {
                alert(array[i]);
            }
        });
    }
});