Genesis 18:31

And he saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there are found there twenty?' and He saith, 'I do not destroy it, because of the twenty.'

Genesis 18:27

And Abraham answereth and saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;

Matthew 7:7

'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

Matthew 7:11

if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

Luke 11:8

'I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;

Luke 18:1

And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth us always to pray, and not to faint,

Ephesians 6:18

through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints --

Hebrews 4:16

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace -- for seasonable help.

Hebrews 10:20-22

which way he did initiate for us -- new and living, through the vail, that is, his flesh --

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Summary

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

Bible References

General references

Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answereth and saith, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;
Matthew 7:7
'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;
Luke 11:8
'I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;
Luke 18:1
And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth us always to pray, and not to faint,
Ephesians 6:18
through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints --
Hebrews 4:16
we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace -- for seasonable help.
Hebrews 10:20
which way he did initiate for us -- new and living, through the vail, that is, his flesh --