Luke 11:9

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Luke 11:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’

8 I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

10 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

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Luke 13:24

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Matthew 6:29

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Matthew 21:31

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Mark 13:37

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Revelation 2:24

But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you.

Psalms 50:15

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Psalms 118:5

In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Matthew 7:7

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

Matthew 7:8

For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Matthew 21:22

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

Mark 11:24

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

John 4:10

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

John 14:13

And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 15:7

If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 15:16

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

John 16:23

In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

2 Corinthians 12:8

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.

2 Corinthians 12:9

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Hebrews 4:16

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

James 5:15

And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

1 John 3:22

and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

1 John 5:14

And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

1 John 5:15

And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

Psalms 27:4

One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

Psalms 27:8

My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.

Psalms 34:4

I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

Psalms 34:10

Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Psalms 105:3

Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

Psalms 105:4

Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Song of Solomon 3:1

On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

Song of Solomon 3:2

I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

Song of Solomon 3:3

I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

Song of Solomon 3:4

I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

Isaiah 45:19

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Jeremiah 29:12

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Daniel 9:3

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Amos 5:4

For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!

Amos 5:5

Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.

Amos 5:6

Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

John 1:46

“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

John 1:47

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

John 1:48

“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

John 1:49

“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

Acts 10:4

Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

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Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.

Acts 10:6

He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

Romans 2:7

To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Luke 13:25

After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

2 Corinthians 6:2

For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!