37 Bible Verses about Asking

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be always ready with your reply to every man who demands a reason respecting the hope which is in you with meekness and fear:

And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

NOW when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, lo! Magians from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the East, and are come to pay him homage.

And it came to pass after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions.

The Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, How canst thou, a Jew, ask of me, who am a Samaritan woman, to drink? for Jews avoid all intercourse with Samaritans.

I NOW commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a deaconess of the church which is at Cenchrea: that ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that you assist her in every matter wherein she may have need of you: for she hath also been a succourer of many, and of me myself.

And when they knew the grace which was bestowed on me, James and Cephas and John, who appeared to be the pillars [of the church], gave unto me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision: only desiring that we would remember the poor??he very thing which I have also been diligent to perform.

I beseech Euodias, and I beseech Syntiche to be of one mind in the Lord. And I beseech thee also, my genuine associate, assist those women who laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and my other fellow-labourers, whose names are in the book of life.

Again therefore Pilate called out to them, desirous to see Jesus at liberty.

begging it as a favour from him, that he would send him back to Jerusalem, lying in wait for him to kill him on the road.

FINALLY, brethren, we beseech you therefore, and conjure you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk, and please God, so ye would abound more and more.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. What man is there of you, of whom if his son ask a loaf, will he give him a stone?read more.
or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, evil as ye are, know how to bestow good gifts on your children; how much more will your Father who is in heaven, bestow good things on those who ask him?

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. For every one who asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. For what father of you, if his son ask a loaf, will he give him a stone? or if a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?read more.
or if he ask also an egg, will he give him a scorpion? If ye then, evil as ye are, know how to give good gifts to your children; how much more shall your Father, who is in heaven, give his Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

Be not anxious about any thing, but in every case by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known unto God.

Then said he to his disciples, The harvest indeed is abundant, but the labourers are few; entreat therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth workmen for his harvest.

I EXHORT therefore, first of all, that there be offered supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings for the whole race of mankind:

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation by the knowledge of him;

For this cause we also from the day we heard it have not ceased praying for you, and beseeching God that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

But if any man of you be deficient in wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not and it shall be given him.

And this is the confidence that we have towards him, that whatsoever we ask according to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we receive the petitions, which we have requested, from him.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

but how he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he himself will tell you about it.

Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

And calling one of the servants, he inquired what these things meant.

and hearing the multitude passing by, he inquired what was the cause.

But if they will learn any thing, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

Give not that which is holy to dogs, nor cast pearls before swine; lest they tread them under foot, and turning round tear you.