James 1:5

Trials, Testing, And Faith

⁴ And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything. ⁵ But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him. ⁶ But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.

From God

O God

No

Proverbs 2:3-6

indeed, if you call out for discernment -- raise your voice for understanding --

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.

1 Kings 3:7-12

Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David's place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced.

2 Chronicles 1:10

Now give me wisdom and discernment so I can effectively lead this nation. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours."

Exodus 31:3

and I have filled him with the Spirit of God in skill, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship,

Proverbs 3:5-7

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey the law of the Lord your God.

Job 28:12-28

"But wisdom -- where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

Exodus 31:6

Moreover, I have also given him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and I have given ability to all the specially skilled, that they may make everything I have commanded you:

Exodus 36:1-4

So Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom the Lord has put skill and ability to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary are to do the work according to all that the Lord has commanded."

Proverbs 9:4-6

"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

Jeremiah 1:6-7

I answered, "Oh, Lord God, I really do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young."

Jeremiah 29:12-13

When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

Matthew 7:7-11

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

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, 'Give me some water to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

John 14:13

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

1 John 3:22

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.

1 John 5:14-15

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

Daniel 2:18-22

He asked them to pray for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery so that he and his friends would not be destroyed along with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Matthew 11:20

Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

Luke 11:9-13

"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Luke 15:20-22

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.

John 16:23-24

At that time you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

James 1:17

All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.

James 5:16

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.

Mark 16:14

Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected.