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?

General references

Bible References

Being

Genesis 6:5
And when the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was increased upon the earth, and that all the imagination and thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,
Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour and said in his heart, "I will henceforth no more curse the earth for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil even from the very youth of him. Moreover I will not destroy from henceforth all that liveth as I have done.
Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? What hath he, which is born of a woman, whereby he might be known to be righteous?
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was born in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.
John 3:5
Jesus answered, "Verily, verily I say unto thee: Except that a man be born of water, and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Romans 7:18
For I know that in me, that is to say, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing. To will is present with me: but I find no means to perform that which is good.
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were in times past, unwise, disobedient, deceived, in danger to lusts, and to divers manners of voluptuousness, living in maliciousness and envy, full of hate, hating one another.

Know

Isaiah 49:15
Doth a wife forget the child of her womb, and the son who she hath born? And though she do forget, yet will not I forget thee.
Matthew 7:11
If ye then, which are evil, can give to your children good gifts, how much more shall your father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask of him?
Hebrews 12:9
Moreover, seeing we had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: should we not much rather be in subjection unto the father of spiritual gifts that we might live?

Heavenly

Luke 11:2
And he said unto them, "When ye pray, say: O Our father which art in heaven, hallowed by thy name. Let thy kingdom come. Thy will, be fulfilled, even in earth as it is in heaven.
Luke 15:30
but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy goods with harlots, thou hast for his pleasure killed the fatted calf.'
Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven.
Matthew 6:14
For and if ye shall forgive other men their trespasses, your heavenly father shall also forgive you.

Give the

Proverbs 1:23
O turn you unto my correction: lo, I will express my mind unto you, and make you understand my words.
Isaiah 44:3
For I shall pour water upon the dry ground, and rivers upon the thirsty. I shall pour my spirit upon thy seed, and mine increase upon thy stock.
Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my spirit in you, and will make that ye shall walk in mine ordinances and keep my laws and do them.
Joel 2:28
After this, will I pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
Matthew 7:11
If ye then, which are evil, can give to your children good gifts, how much more shall your father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask of him?
John 4:10
Jesus answered and said unto her, "If thou knowest the gift of God, and who it is, that sayeth to thee, 'Give me drink': thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee water of life."
John 7:37
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.

General references

Matthew 7:9
Is there any man among you which, if his son asked him bread, would offer him a stone?
Luke 18:19
Jesus said unto him, "Why callest thou me good? None is good, save God only.