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Matthew 7:7 ESV / 1,157 helpful votes
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Matthew 21:22 ESV / 851 helpful votes
And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
James 1:5 ESV / 749 helpful votes
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
John 14:13-14 ESV / 732 helpful votes
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
1 John 5:14-15 ESV / 597 helpful votes
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
John 14:13 ESV / 566 helpful votes
Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 15:7 ESV / 552 helpful votes
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Matthew 7:7-11 ESV / 532 helpful votes
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Mark 11:24 ESV / 473 helpful votes
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Luke 11:9-13 ESV / 458 helpful votes
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Luke 11:9 ESV / 452 helpful votes
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
John 16:23-24 ESV / 406 helpful votes
In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
1 John 5:14 ESV / 381 helpful votes
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
1 John 1:9 ESV / 377 helpful votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 3:22 ESV / 362 helpful votes
And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
James 4:3 ESV / 345 helpful votes
You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
Psalm 37:4 ESV / 323 helpful votes
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 318 helpful votes
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
1 Kings 3:5 ESV / 312 helpful votes
At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.”
John 16:24 ESV / 296 helpful votes
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 294 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
John 15:16 ESV / 272 helpful votes
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Matthew 7:11 ESV / 261 helpful votes
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
James 1:5-6 ESV / 248 helpful votes
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
James 5:16 ESV / 233 helpful votes
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
Matthew 18:19 ESV / 233 helpful votes
Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 229 helpful votes
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
Jeremiah 33:3 ESV / 217 helpful votes
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
Matthew 7:8 ESV / 211 helpful votes
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Luke 11:13 ESV / 194 helpful votes
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
John 14:14 ESV / 193 helpful votes
If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 189 helpful votes
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Revelation 1:1 ESV / 184 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
Philippians 4:6 ESV / 183 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Proverbs 8:17 ESV / 178 helpful votes
I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
Ephesians 6:18 ESV / 171 helpful votes
Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 169 helpful votes
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. …
Matthew 21:21-22 ESV / 165 helpful votes
And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”
Zechariah 10:1 ESV / 161 helpful votes
Ask rain from the Lord in the season of the spring rain, from the Lord who makes the storm clouds, and he will give them showers of rain, to everyone the vegetation in the field.
James 1:5-8 ESV / 159 helpful votes
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV / 157 helpful votes
Pray without ceasing,
Psalm 10:4 ESV / 155 helpful votes
In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
1 John 5:15 ESV / 151 helpful votes
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
1 Kings 3:5-13 ESV / 149 helpful votes
At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day. And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in. And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or counted for multitude. Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?” …
John 16:23 ESV / 146 helpful votes
In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
John 3:16-17 ESV / 143 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Luke 18:1 ESV / 143 helpful votes
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 135 helpful votes
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Jeremiah 29:12-13 ESV / 134 helpful votes
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
Romans 10:17 ESV / 126 helpful votes
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Proverbs 11:14 ESV / 124 helpful votes
Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
Matthew 6:33 ESV / 119 helpful votes
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
James 5:13 ESV / 107 helpful votes
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
James 1:17 ESV / 107 helpful votes
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
John 3:16 ESV / 105 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Matthew 7:7-12 ESV / 101 helpful votes
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! …
James 5:14 ESV / 99 helpful votes
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Matthew 17:20 ESV / 97 helpful votes
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
James 1:6-8 ESV / 95 helpful votes
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
John 9:31 ESV / 94 helpful votes
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.
John 4:10 ESV / 92 helpful votes
Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 91 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Luke 11:9-10 ESV / 91 helpful votes
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Joshua 4:20-22 ESV / 91 helpful votes
And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. And he said to the people of Israel, “When your children ask their fathers in times to come, ‘What do these stones mean?’ then you shall let your children know, ‘Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.’
Mark 9:23 ESV / 90 helpful votes
And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.”
Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 90 helpful votes
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. …
Isaiah 55:6-7 ESV / 90 helpful votes
“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Psalm 46:1 ESV / 87 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Luke 18:1-8 ESV / 86 helpful votes
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” …
Philippians 4:13 ESV / 85 helpful votes
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 85 helpful votes
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 82 helpful votes
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Isaiah 1:18 ESV / 77 helpful votes
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
Psalm 103:12 ESV / 76 helpful votes
As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
Matthew 8:1-34 ESV / 75 helpful votes
When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, …
Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 75 helpful votes
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
James 4:2 ESV / 72 helpful votes
You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.
Romans 8:26 ESV / 71 helpful votes
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Matthew 5:6 ESV / 66 helpful votes
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
Jeremiah 29:13 ESV / 65 helpful votes
You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
Psalm 121:2 ESV / 65 helpful votes
My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
1 John 3:9 ESV / 64 helpful votes
No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.
2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 64 helpful votes
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
Psalm 32:8 ESV / 61 helpful votes
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Philippians 4:19 ESV / 60 helpful votes
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 1:9 ESV / 59 helpful votes
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,
Jeremiah 29:12 ESV / 58 helpful votes
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
Romans 8:28 ESV / 57 helpful votes
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Psalm 37:23-24 ESV / 55 helpful votes
The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.
Luke 11:4 ESV / 54 helpful votes
And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.”
Acts 2:38 ESV / 53 helpful votes
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Mark 11:23 ESV / 52 helpful votes
Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 51 helpful votes
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
Luke 6:38 ESV / 51 helpful votes
Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
James 4:2-3 ESV / 50 helpful votes
You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
Ephesians 1:17 ESV / 50 helpful votes
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
James 1:6 ESV / 49 helpful votes
But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 48 helpful votes
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
John 17:3 ESV / 48 helpful votes
And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Colossians 4:2 ESV / 47 helpful votes
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
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