For everyone who asks receives. And he who seeks finds. And to him who knocks it shall be opened.
You ask and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it upon your lusts.
And I said, My strength and my hope from Jehovah are gone.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before Your eyes; surely You heard the voice of my cries, when I cried to You.
Behold, we count blessed those who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity and of tender mercy.
And He also spoke a parable to them to teach it is always right to pray, and not to faint,
Also when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.
Give to him who asks of you, and you shall not turn away from him who would borrow from you.
For each one who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, it shall be opened.
And I say to you, Ask and it shall be given you. Seek and you shall find. Knock and it shall be opened to you.
For what father of you, if the son asks for bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake for a fish?