47 occurrences

'Asked' in the Bible

And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him. And I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.

Verse ConceptsJewelleryWho Is This?This Is Me

And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, saying to himself, Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca because she was fair in countenance.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersAsking Particular QuestionsMisrepresentationOther WivesBeautiful Women

And Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, How is it that thou askest after my name? And he blessed him there.

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?What Is God's Name?Blessed By God

And a man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the country; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

Verse ConceptsWandererswandering

And he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute that was at Enaim, by the way-side? And they said, There was no prostitute here.

Verse ConceptsWhere Are People?whores

And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces so sad to-day?

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsOther Sad People

And they said, The man asked very closely after us, and after our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we at all know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsAnswering PeopleNot Knowing The FutureLiving On

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?

Verse ConceptsLiving On

My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular Questions

And the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked of the Egyptians utensils of silver, and utensils of gold, and clothing.

Verse ConceptsGoldPeople Giving Clothesjewelry

And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other after their welfare, and went into the tent.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingBowingGreetingsKissingKissesSpoken Greetings

According to the word of Jehovah they gave him the city that he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt in it.

Verse ConceptsTownRebuilding Named Cities

He asked water and she gave him milk, she brought him curds in a lordly bowl.

Verse ConceptsButterNoblesWaterBeverages, LiteralRich Food

And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

Verse ConceptsGreetings

And Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition which thou hast asked of him.

Verse ConceptsHear Prayer!petition

And it came to pass when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsAskingChildbirthPrayerfulnessConceptionPeople With Apt NamesMiraculous BirthsWaiting For God's TimingReproduction, After Kind

And Samuel spoke all the words of Jehovah to the people that asked of him a king.

And now behold, the king whom ye have chosen, whom ye have asked for! and behold, Jehovah has set a king over you.

Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Sechu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, at Naioth by Ramah.

Verse ConceptsWhere Are People?

If thy father should actually miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

Verse ConceptsBethlehemAsking PermissionEvery YearGone Awayanniversary

And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem,

And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered.

And the word pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

Verse ConceptsPleasing GodGod Answered Prayer

And God said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself discernment to understand judgment;

Verse ConceptsGetting RichDiscernmentNatural Disasters

And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and glory; so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceMoney, Attitudes ToPresent, TheSource Of HonourWealthy People

And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides what he gave her of the bounty of king Solomon. And she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanQueensSolomon, Character OfPresentsIndividuals going homePeople Giving Other Things

And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so to thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

Verse ConceptsHard TasksSeeing People

And the king asked the woman, and she told him. And the king appointed a certain chamberlain, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the revenue of the land since the day that she left the country even until now.

Verse ConceptsRestoring NationsGiving Back

and he asked not counsel of Jehovah; therefore he slew him, and transferred the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

Verse ConceptsGod Killing

And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of them that hate thee, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked for thyself wisdom and knowledge, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

Verse ConceptsAffluenceMaking DecisionsWealth And Prosperity

And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides what she had brought to the king. And she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.

Verse ConceptsQueensIndividuals going home

Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?

Verse ConceptsRestorationThe King's Ordersstructure

We asked their names also, to inform thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah. And I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsRemnantAsking Particular Questions

Have ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens:

Verse ConceptsTravellers

For thou hast asked of what profit it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To God

He asked life of thee; thou gavest it him, length of days for ever and ever.

Verse ConceptsLengthChrist's LifeGod Answered Prayer

They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Verse ConceptsBread, Kinds OfQuailSatisfactionBirds, Types Of Birds

who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked of my mouth, to take refuge under the protection of Pharaoh, and trust in the shadow of Egypt!

Verse ConceptsForbidden AlliancesTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGod's Counsel

And I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

Verse ConceptsNo One Available

And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words from his mouth?

king Zedekiah sent and took him out. And the king asked of him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is; and he said, Thou shalt be given into the hand of the king of Babylon.

Verse ConceptsPrivacyInformation In SecretGod Will Cause DefeatQuestioning God

And all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. And they withdrew quietly from him; for the matter was not reported.

Verse ConceptsInterrogatingUnhearing

The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyDivinationUnique EventsNo One Available

I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the certainty of all this. And he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things:

Verse ConceptsSpectatorsGod Revealing Mysteries

Bible Theasaurus

Demand (66 instances)
Enquire (7 instances)
Expect (43 instances)
Inquire (138 instances)