1 John 3:22

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.

Cross References

Job 22:26

then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.

Psalm 10:17

O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

Psalm 34:4

I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 50:15

Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

Proverbs 15:29

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

Proverbs 28:9

When one will not listen to the law, even one’s prayers are an abomination.

Isaiah 1:15

When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to me, and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Matthew 17:5

While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!”

Matthew 21:22

Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”

Mark 11:24

So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

John 14:13

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

John 15:10

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

John 15:7

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

John 6:29

Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

John 8:29

And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.”

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will.

Acts 17:30

While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

Acts 20:21

as I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

Philippians 4:18

I have been paid in full and have more than enough; I am fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.

Hebrews 13:21

make you complete in everything good so that you may do his will, as he works among us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen.

James 1:5

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.

James 4:3

You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.

1 John 2:3

Now by this we know that we have come to know him, if we obey his commandments.

1 John 5:14

And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.