Mat 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
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And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive {them}, and ye shall have {them}.
The LORD {is} nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. {mighty: or, hidden}
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and {that} your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: {in: or, concerning}
But without faith {it is} impossible to please {him}: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and {that} he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give {it} you.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all {men} liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: {prepare: or, establish}
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
{When thou saidst}, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. {When...: or, My heart said unto thee, Let my face seek thy face, etc}
And he spake a parable unto them {to this end}, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
Blessed {art} thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
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.
For thou, Lord, {art} good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
The humble shall see {this, and} be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. {humble: or, meek}
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek {after God}: God {is} not in all his thoughts. {God is...: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God}
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive {them}, and ye shall have {them}.
And ye shall seek me, and find {me}, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep {me} from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. {Oh...: Heb. If thou wilt, etc} {keep...: Heb. do me}
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: {in: or, concerning}
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Confess {your} faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all {men} liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
{A} devout {man}, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give {it} you.
One {thing} have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. {the beauty: or, the delight}
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD {is} with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. {to meet...: Heb. before Asa}
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I {am}. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; {so} the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. {bright...: or, lightnings}
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites {are}: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning {here} in fear:
I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he {was} God.
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy {it} for ten's sake.
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
{It was} but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare {children}.
And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband {was} not with her.
And the Lord {said} unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for {one} called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet {for} this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do {it} for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew {water}: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; {I pray thee}, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, {that} every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which {was} without the camp.
And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, {Thou} Son of David, have mercy on me.
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy {it} for twenty's sake.
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. {prepared: or, fixed}
And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, {thou} Son of David.
Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
What {is} the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?