1 John 3:22

Courage Before God

²¹ Dear friends, if our heart does not condemn [us], we have confidence before God, ²² and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do [what is] pleasing {in his sight}. ²³ And this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as {he commanded us}.

For Us

From God

Keep His Commandments

John 8:29

And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do the things that are pleasing to him."

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.

Matthew 21:22

And whatever you ask in prayer, [if you] believe, you will receive."

Mark 11:24

For this [reason] I say to you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received [it], and it will be [done] for you.

Hebrews 13:21

equip you with every good [thing] to do his will, carrying out in us [what is] pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom [be] the glory {forever}. Amen.

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much.

Psalm 10:17

[The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively}

Psalm 34:4

I sought Yahweh and he answered me, and from all my terrors he delivered me.

Psalm 34:15-17

The eyes of Yahweh [are] toward [the] righteous, and his ears toward their cry for help.

Psalm 50:15

And call me in [the] day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."

Psalm 66:18-19

If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

Psalm 145:18-19

Yahweh [is] near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Proverbs 15:29

Yahweh is far from the wicked, but the prayers of the righteous he will hear.

Proverbs 28:9

He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer [is] an abomination.

Isaiah 1:15

And when you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I [will] not be listening. Your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek Yahweh {while he lets himself be found}; call him {while he is} near.

Jeremiah 29:12-13

Then [when] you call me, and you come and pray to me, then I will listen to you.

Jeremiah 33:3

'Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great [things] and inaccessible [things that] you have not known.'

Matthew 7:7-8

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

Matthew 7:24-25

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Matthew 17:5

[While] he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him!"

Luke 11:9-13

And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.

John 6:29

Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God: that you believe in [the one] whom that one sent."

John 14:13

And {whatever} you ask in my name, I will do this, in order 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 want and it will be done for you.

John 15:10

If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love.

John 16:23-24

And on that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

Acts 17:30

Therefore [although] God has overlooked the times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Acts 20:21

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks with respect to repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

Philippians 4:18

But I have received everything [in full] and have an abundance; {I am well supplied} [because] I received from Epaphroditus {what you had sent}, a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may live in a manner worthy of the Lord, {to please [him] in all respects}, bearing fruit in every good deed and increasing in the knowledge of God,

James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

1 John 3:23-24

And this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as {he commanded us}.

1 John 5:14

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