37 Bible Verses about Asking

Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.

And be always ready to give an answer to every one that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear:

And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold wise men came from the East to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and are come to worship him.

And after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them and asking them questions.

Then saith the woman of Samaria to him, How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, That ye may receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and assist her in whatsoever business she needeth you: for she hath been an helper of many, and of myself also.

) And when James, and Cephas, and John, who undoubtedly were pillars, knew the grace that was given to me, they gave the right-hands of fellowships to me and Barnabas, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision: Only they desired that we would be mindful of the poor, the same which I also was forward to do.

I beseech Euodias, and I beseech Syntyche, to be of one mind in the Lord. And I intreat thee also, true yoke-fellow, help those women who laboured together with me in the gospel, with both Clement and my other fellow-labourers, whose names are in the book of life.

Pilate desiring to release Jesus, spake again to them.

that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying an ambush to kill him by the way.

It remaineth then, brethren, that we beseech and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, that ye abound therein more and more.

Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you. For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. What man is there of you, who if his son ask bread, will give him a stone?read more.
And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?

because he is his friend, yet, because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you. For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?read more.
Or if he ask a fish, for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion? If ye then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Be careful for nothing, but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God:

Then saith he to his disciples, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

I exhort therefore, that first of all supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made for all men:

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, through the knowledge of him.

For this cause from the day we heard it, we do not cease to pray also for you, and to desire that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

If any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him.

And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. And if we know that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we asked of him.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified thro' the Son.

But how he now seeth, we know not, or who hath opened his eyes, we know not.

Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.

And calling one of the servants, he asked what these things meant?

And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked, what it meant?

And if they desire to learn any thing, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is indecent for a woman to speak in the assembly.

Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turning, rend you.