14 occurrences

'Asks' in the Bible

Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will [instead] give him a stone?

Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodProvision From RocksBreadBeing A Good FatherFishparenthood

Or if he asks for a fish, will [instead] give him a snake?

Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodFish

If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it’; and immediately he will send it here.”

Verse ConceptsLendingGod's NeedsWhy Do Others Do This?

For everyone who keeps on asking [persistently], receives; and he who keeps on seeking [persistently], finds; and to him who keeps on knocking [persistently], the door will be opened.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningFinding ThingsGod Answers Prayer

What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

Verse ConceptsSnakesRepulsive FoodFathers And SonsBreadGivingBeing A Good FatherFishfatherhoodparenthood

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Verse ConceptsEggsScorpions

Or else [if he feels he is not powerful enough], while the other [king] is still a far distance away, he sends an envoy and asks for terms of peace.

Verse ConceptsenvoyFar From One

If anybody asks you, ‘Why are you untying the colt?’ you will say, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

Verse Conceptsequipping, spiritualAsking Particular QuestionsGod's Needs

And say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks, “Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

Verse ConceptsGuestsOther References To The DisciplesWhere Are Things?Private RoomsGuest Rooms

“But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

Verse ConceptsForeknowledge Of ChristJesus Returning To The FatherNot Asking OthersThe One Who Sent ChristWhere To?

But he must ask [for wisdom] in faith, without doubting [God’s willingness to help], for the one who doubts is like a billowing surge of the sea that is blown about and tossed by the wind.

Verse ConceptsSeaSeafaringDoubtStormsWeakness, SpiritualWindInstabilitySkepticismPrayer, Offered WithBelievingThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesHindrancesQuestioning GodThe OceanKeeping FaithHaving FaithEmotionsThe Storms Of Life

For such a person ought not to think or expect that he will receive anything [at all] from the Lord,

Verse ConceptsReceptivenessNot ReceivingMoney Management

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