Matthew 7:7

The Sermon On The Mount: Ask, Seek, Knock

⁶ "Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you." ⁷ "Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you. ⁸ Because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door opened.

Seek and You Will Find

O God

Matthew 21:22

You will receive whatever you ask for in prayer, if you believe."

John 15:7

"If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you can ask for anything you want, and you'll receive it.

Mark 11:24

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

1 John 3:22

Whatever we request we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

John 15:16

"You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. I have appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

1 John 5:14-15

And this is the confidence that we have in him: if we ask for anything according to his will, he listens to us.

Luke 11:9-13

So I say to you: Keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you,

John 14:13-14

I'll do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 16:23-24

On that day, you won't ask me for anything. Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, whatever you ask the Father for in my name, he will give it to you.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me will find me.

Jeremiah 29:12-13

When you call out to me and come and pray to me, I'll hear you.

Jeremiah 33:3

"Call to me and I'll answer you, and will tell you about great and hidden things that you don't know.'

Matthew 7:11

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who keep on asking him!

James 1:5-6

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

1 Kings 3:5

The LORD appeared to Solomon one night in a dream and told him, "Ask me for whatever you want and I'll give it to you."

Psalm 10:4

With haughty arrogance, the wicked thinks, "God will not seek justice." He always presumes "There is no God."

Psalm 10:17

LORD, you heard the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen them, you will listen carefully,

Psalm 27:8

My mind recalls your word, "Seek my face," so your face, LORD, I will seek.

Psalm 50:15

Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."

Psalm 69:32

The afflicted will watch and rejoice. May you who seek God take courage.

Psalm 70:4

Let those who seek you greatly rejoice in you. Let those who love your deliverance say, "May God be continuously exalted."

Psalm 86:5

Indeed you, Lord, are kind and forgiving, overflowing with gracious love to everyone who calls on you.

Psalm 105:3-4

Exult in his holy name; let all those who seek the LORD rejoice!

Psalm 119:12

Blessed are you, LORD! Teach me your statutes.

Psalm 145:18-19

The LORD remains near to all who call out to him, to everyone who calls out to him sincerely.

Song of Songs 3:2

I'll get up and go all around the city, throughout the streets, and in the squares. I'll seek the one I love. I sought him, but didn't find him.

Isaiah 55:6-7

"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.

Amos 5:4

"For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live,

Matthew 6:33

But first be concerned about God's kingdom and his righteousness, and all of these things will be provided for you as well.

Matthew 7:8

Because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door opened.

Matthew 18:19

Furthermore, I tell all of you with certainty that if two of you agree on earth about anything you request, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven,

Luke 18:1

Jesus told his disciples a parable about their need to pray all the time and never give up.

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, "Please give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask him, and he would have given you living water."

Romans 3:11

No one understands. No one searches for God.

Hebrews 11:6

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who diligently search for him.

James 5:15

And the prayer offered in faith will save the person who is sick. The Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.

Revelation 3:17-18

You say, "I am rich. I have become wealthy. I don't need anything." Yet you don't realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

Luke 13:25

After the homeowner gets up and closes the door, you can stand outside, knock on the door, and say again and again, "Lord, open the door for us!' But he will answer you, "I don't know where you come from.'

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good;