1 John 5:14

New International Version

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:12

I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.

Job 34:28

They caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he heard the cry of the needy.

Psalm 145:19

He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.

Psalm 31:22

In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.

Psalm 34:17

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.

Psalm 69:33

The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.

Proverbs 10:24

What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted.

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Jeremiah 33:3

‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

Matthew 21:22

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

John 11:42

I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

John 14:13

And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 15:7

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.

Ephesians 3:12

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

Hebrews 10:35

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

Hebrews 3:14

We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.

James 4:3

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

1 John 2:28

And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.