Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Being
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Heavenly
Give the
General references
Bible References
Being
John 3:5
Jesus answered, "I tell you, if a man does not owe his birth to water and spirit, he cannot get into the Kingdom of God.
Romans 7:18
For I know that nothing good resides in me, that is, in my physical self; I can will, but I cannot do what is right.
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.
Know
Matthew 7:11
So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give what is good to those who ask him for it!
Hebrews 12:9
When our earthly fathers disciplined us we treated them with respect; should we not far more submit to the Father of our spirits, and so have life?
Heavenly
Luke 11:2
He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Father, your name be revered! Your kingdom come!
Luke 15:30
But when your son here came, who has eaten up your property with women of the street, for him you killed the calf you have been fattening!'
Matthew 5:16
Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.
Matthew 6:14
For if you forgive others when they offend you, your heavenly Father will forgive you too.
Give the
Matthew 7:11
So if you, bad as you are, know enough to give your children what is good, how much more surely will your Father in heaven give what is good to those who ask him for it!
John 4:10
Jesus answered, "If you knew what God has to give, and who it is that said to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
John 7:37
Now on the last day, the great day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
General references
Matthew 7:9
Which of you men when his son asks him for some bread will give him a stone?
Luke 18:19
Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God himself.