Matthew 7:11

Free Bible Version

So if even you who are evil know to give good things to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw how terribly evil people on earth had become—every single thought in their minds was evil all the time!

Genesis 8:21

The Lord accepted the sacrifice, and said to himself, “I won't ever again curse the ground because of human beings, even though every single thought in their minds is evil from childhood. I won't ever destroy all life again as I have just done.

2 Samuel 7:19

God, you talk as if this was a small thing in your eyes, and you also have spoken about the future of my house, my family dynasty. Is this your usual way of dealing with human beings, Lord God?

Job 15:16

How much less pure are those who are unclean and corrupt, drinking in sin like water!

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is our sun and shield, and he gives us grace and honor. The Lord doesn't hold back anything good from those who do right.

Psalm 85:12

The Lord will certainly give us all that is good, and our land will produce fine crops.

Psalm 86:15

But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to become angry, full of trustworthy love and faithfulness.

Psalm 86:5

For you, Lord, are good; you are forgiving and full of trustworthy love for all who come to you.

Isaiah 49:15

Really? Can a mother forget her nursing baby? Can she forget to be kind to the child she carried in her womb? Even if she could forget, I will never forget you!

Isaiah 63:7

I want to tell everyone about the Lord's trustworthy love. I will praise the Lord for everything he's done for us—all the good things he has done for the descendants of Israel because of his kindness and his infinite trustworthy love.

Jeremiah 17:9

The mind is more deceptive than anything else—it's incurably sick! Who can possibly understand it?

Jeremiah 33:14

Look! The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will keep my promise to do good to the people of Israel and Judah.

Hosea 14:2

Take words like these with you and come back to the Lord, saying to him, “Please take away all our guilt, accept what is good, and we will repay you with praise from our lips.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you who forgives sin and passes over the rebellion of those who are left of his special people? You do not remain angry forever because you delight in showing faithful love.

Malachi 1:6

A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. So if I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? says the Lord Almighty to you priests who show contempt for me. But you ask, “How have we shown contempt for you?”

Matthew 23:9

Don't call anyone by the title ‘Father’ here on earth. Only one is your Father, who is in heaven.

Matthew 7:10

Or if he asked for fish, would you give him a snake?

John 3:16

For God loved the world, and this is how: he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him shouldn't die, but have eternal life.

Romans 3:19

It's clear that everything in the law applies to those who live under the law so that no one could have any excuses, and to make sure everyone in the whole world is answerable to God.

Romans 3:9

So then, are we Jews better than others? Definitely not! Remember that we've already argued that both Jews and foreigners are under the control of sin.

Romans 8:32

God, who did not hold back his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, won't he also freely give us everything?

Galatians 3:22

But Scripture tells us that we all are prisoners of sin. The only way we can receive God's promises is by trusting in Jesus Christ.

James 1:17

All that's good, every perfect gift, is from above, and comes down from the Father who made heaven's lights. Unlike them he doesn't change—he doesn't vary or cause shadows.

1 John 3:1

Look at the amazing kind of love the Father has for us! This is why we can be called God's children—for that's who we are! The reason why the people of this world don't recognize us as God's children is because they don't recognize him.

1 John 4:10

This is love! It's not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and he sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.