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?
Heavenly
General references
Bible References
Being
Genesis 6:5
And Jehovah will see that great the evil of man in the earth, and every formation of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the days.
Genesis 8:21
And Jehovah smelled a smell of sweetness; and Jehovah will say in his heart, I will not gather to curse the earth yet again on account of man; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth: and I will not gather yet again to smite every living thing according to which I did.
Job 15:14
What is man that he will be clean? and that he will be just, being born of woman?
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was born in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
John 3:5
Jesus says to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, Except any one be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot come into the kingdom of God.
Romans 7:18
For I know that in me dwells no good, (that is, in my flesh:) for to will lies near me; but to work good I find not.
Titus 3:3
For once we also were unwise disobedient, deceived, being slaves to eager desires and various pleasures, living in vexation and envy, hated, and hating one another.
Know
Isaiah 49:15
Shall a woman forget her child, from pitying the son of her womb? also these shall forget, and I shall not forget thee.
Matthew 7:11
If ye, therefore, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children how much more will your Father which is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?
Hebrews 12:9
Since we truly have fathers of our flesh instructors, and we were influenced: shall we not rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and we shall live?
Heavenly
Luke 11:2
And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Our Father he in the heavens, Holy be thy name. Let thy kingdom come. Let thy will be, as in heaven, also upon the earth.
Luke 15:30
And when this thy son, devouring thy property with harlots, came, thou hast sacrificed for him the fattened calf.
Matthew 5:16
So let your light shine before men, that they see your good works, and praise your Father, him in the heavens.
Matthew 6:14
For if ye let go to men their faults, your Father which in the heavens will also let go to you.
Give the
Proverbs 1:23
Ye shall turn back at my reproofs: behold, I will pour forth my spirit to you, I will make known my words to you.
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water upon the thirsty, and flowings upon the dry: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.
Ezekiel 36:27
And my spirit I will, give in the midst of you, and I made that ye shall go in my laws, and my judgments shall ye watch and do.
Joel 2:28
And it was after this I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters prophesied, your old men shall dream your young men shall see visions.
Matthew 7:11
If ye, therefore, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children how much more will your Father which is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?
John 4:10
And Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who he is saying to thee, Give me to drink: thou hadst asked him, and he had given thee living water.
John 7:37
In the last day, the great one of the festival, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any thirst, let him come to me, and drink.
General references
Matthew 7:9
Or what man is of you, which, if his son ask bread, he will not give him a stone?
Luke 18:19
And Jesus said to him, Why sayest thou me good? none good except the one God.