6 Bible Verses about Asking Permission
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Now at some distance from them there was a great drove of pigs feeding. And the demons entreated him, saying, "If you are going to drive us out, send us into the drove of pigs."
After this, Joseph, of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one, because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him remove Jesus' body, and Pilate gave him permission. So Joseph went and took the body down.
It was allowed to make war on God's people and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.
O Simon, Simon! Satan has obtained permission to sift all of you like wheat, but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And afterward you yourself must turn and strengthen your brothers."
Elijah was a man like us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and for three years and six months there was no rain in the land.
Three times I have prayed to the Lord about this, begging that it might leave me, and he said to me, "My favor is enough for you, for only where there is weakness is perfect strength developed." So I am perfectly willing to boast of all my weakness, so that the strength of Christ may shelter me. That is why I am pleased with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties, when they are endured for Christ's sake, for it is when I am weak that I am strong.
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- Permission (40 instances)