37 Bible Verses about Asking

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

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

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

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came certain wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is the king of the Jews that is born here? 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, attending to them and asking them questions.

But the Samaritan saith unto Him, How is it that thou who art a Jew askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan? for the Jews have no friendly intercourse with the Samaritans.

I recommend to you Phebe, our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea: that ye receive her in the Lord as becometh saints, and assist her in whatever affair she may have need of you; for she also hath been a helper of many others, as well as of myself.

and knowing the grace which was given to me; James, and Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars of the church, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go to the gentiles, and they to the circumcision. Only desiring that we would remember the poor: which I also was forward to do.

I exhort Euodia, and Syntyche to be perfectly united in the Lord. And I entreat thee likewise, my faithful collegue, to assist them, for they laboured with me in the gospel, and Clement also, and my other fellow-laborers, whose names are in the book of life.

Pilate therefore spake to them again, being desirous to release Jesus.

begging the favor of him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; for they were preparing an ambush to kill him by the way.

As to what remains therefore, my brethren, we intreat and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received instructions from us, how ye ought to walk and to please God, ye would abound therein more and more.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one, that asketh, receiveth; and he, that seeketh, findeth; and to him, that knocketh, it shall be opened. Is there any man among you, who, if his son ask him for bread, will give him a stone?read more.
or if he ask for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to them that ask Him?

And so I tell you, Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son ask bread of any father among you, will he give him a stone? and if he ask for a fish, will he instead of a fish give him a serpent? or if he ask for an egg,read more.
will he give him a scorpion? If ye then, who are 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 anxious in nothing: but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known before God.

upon which He saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers few: therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He would send out laborers into his harvest.

This then I exhort thee first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings he made for all men;

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation to the knowledge of Him,

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

And if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask it 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 towards Him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, He heareth us: and if we know that He heareth us in whatsoever we ask; we know that we shall have the petitions, which we have requested of Him.

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

but how it is that he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age, ask him; he can speak for himself.

Therefore his parents said, he is of age, ask him.

and he called one of the servants to him, and asked what these things meant.

And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant.

And if they would learn any thing, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it does not become women to speak in a public assembly.

Give not that which is holy unto dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine; least they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you.