Matthew 7:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Cross References

Genesis 26:32

That same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, “We have found water!”

1 Kings 3:5

At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I should give you.”

Psalm 10:17

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

Psalm 10:4

In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, “God will not seek it out”; all their thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Psalm 119:12

Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes.

Psalm 27:8

“Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!” Your face, Lord, do I seek.

Psalm 34:4

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

Psalm 37:4

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 50:15

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

Psalm 69:32

Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.

Psalm 70:4

Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation say evermore, “God is great!”

Psalm 86:5

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.

Song of Solomon 3:2

“I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves.” I sought him but found him not.

Isaiah 30:19

O people in Zion, inhabitants of Jerusalem, you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you.

Jeremiah 33:3

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

Amos 5:4

For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek me and live,

Matthew 18:19

Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.

Matthew 21:22

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

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 7:11

If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Matthew 7:8

For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

Mark 11:24

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

Luke 13:25

Once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then in reply he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’

Luke 18:1

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name.

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 4:10

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

Romans 2:7

to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life,

Romans 3:11

there is no one who has understanding; there is no one who seeks God.

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would approach God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

James 5:15

The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up, and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven.

1 John 3:22

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