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Matt. 7:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ask, and it shall be given youo; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

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Isa. 55:6• ⁶Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. (Isa. 55:6)

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Luke 18:1• ¹And he spoke also a parable to them, to the purport that they should always pray, and not faint, (Luke 18:1)

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Matt. 7:11• ¹¹If therefore ye, being wicked, know to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father that is in the heavens give good things to those that ask him? (Matt. 7:11)

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Matt. 21:22• ²²{i}And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.{/i} (Matt. 21:22)

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1 Kings 3:5• ⁵{i}In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.{/i} (1 Kings 3:5)

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Psa. 10:17• ¹⁷The desire of the afflicted thou hast heard, O Jehovah;{HR}Thou strengthenest their heart, thou causest thine ear to hearken, (Psa. 10:17)

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Psa. 50:15• ¹⁵And call upon me in the day of trouble:{HR}I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psa. 50:15)

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Psa. 86:5• ⁵For thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving,{HR}And great in mercy to all that call on thee. (Psa. 86:5)

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Psa. 145:18‑19• ¹⁸Near [is] Jehovah to all calling on him in truth.
¹⁹The pleasure of those that fear him he will do;{HR}And their cry he will hear and save them. (Psa. 145:18‑19)

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Isa. 55:6‑7• ⁶Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:6‑7)

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Jer. 29:12‑13• ¹²Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
¹³And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (Jer. 29:12‑13)

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Jer. 33:3• ³call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. (Jer. 33:3)

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Mark 11:24• ²⁴For this reason I say unto you, All things, whatsoever ye shall pray and beg, believe that ye have received, and ye shall have them. (Mark 11:24)

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Luke 11:9‑10,13• ⁹{i}And{/i} I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
¹⁰For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it will be opened.
¹³If, therefore, ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more will the Father who [is] of heaven give [the] Holy Spirit to them that ask him. (Luke 11:9‑10,13)

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Luke 18:1• ¹And he spoke also a parable to them, to the purport that they should always pray, and not faint, (Luke 18:1)

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John 4:10• ¹⁰Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. (John 4:10)

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John 14:13‑14• ¹³And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
¹⁴If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it. (John 14:13‑14)

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John 15:7,16• ⁷If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask what ye will, and it shall come to pass for you.
¹⁶Not ye chose me, but I chose you and appointed you that ye should go and bear fruit, and your fruit abide; that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you. (John 15:7,16)

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John 16:23‑24• ²³And in that day ye shall ask me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father, he will give you in my name.
²⁴Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. (John 16:23‑24)

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James 1:5‑6• ⁵If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all freely and reproacheth not; and it shall be given him.
⁶But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubteth is like a wave of the sea wind-driven and tossed (James 1:5‑6)

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James 5:15• ¹⁵And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him. (James 5:15)

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1 John 3:22• ²²and whatsoever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things pleasing in his sight. (1 John 3:22)

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1 John 5:14‑15• ¹⁴And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he heareth us.
¹⁵And if we know that he heareth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. (1 John 5:14‑15)

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Rev. 3:17‑18• ¹⁷Because thou sayest, I am rich and am become rich and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable and poor and blind and naked;
¹⁸I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire that thou mayest wax rich, and white garments that thou mayest be clothed and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifested; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes that thou mayest see. (Rev. 3:17‑18)

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Matt. 6:33• ³³But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (Matt. 6:33)

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Psa. 10:4• ⁴The wicked [man] according to the pride of his anger seeketh not;{HR}All his thoughts [are], There is no God. (Psa. 10:4)

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Psa. 27:8• ⁸Unto thee my heart said, Seek ye my face:{HR}Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek; (Psa. 27:8)

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Psa. 69:32• ³²The meek have seen [and] are glad;{HR}Ye that seek God, your heart shall live. (Psa. 69:32)

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Psa. 70:4• ⁴Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee,{HR}And let such as love thy salvation say continually, God be magnified! (Psa. 70:4)

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Psa. 105:3‑4• ³Glory in his holy name;{HR}Glad be the heart of those that enquire for Jehovah.
⁴Seek Jehovah and his strength,{HR}Enquire for his face continually. (Psa. 105:3‑4)

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Psa. 119:12• ¹²Blessed [art] thou, Jehovah:{HR}Teach me thy statutes. (Psa. 119:12)

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Prov. 8:17• ¹⁷I love those that love me;{HR}And they that seek me early shall find me. (Prov. 8:17)

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Song of Sol. 3:2• ²I will rise now and go about the city;{HR}In the streets and in the broad ways{HR}I will seek him whom my soul loveth;{HR}I sought him, but I found him not. (Song of Sol. 3:2)

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Amos 5:4• ⁴{i}For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel: Seek ye me, and ye shall live.{/i} (Amos 5:4)

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Rom. 2:7• ⁷to those that with patience in good work seek for glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life; (Rom. 2:7)

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Rom. 3:11• ¹¹there is not the [man] that understandeth; there is not the [man] that seeketh out God. (Rom. 3:11)

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Heb. 11:6• ⁶But apart from faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for he that approacheth to God must believe that he is, and becometh a rewarder of those that seek him out. (Heb. 11:6)

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Luke 13:25• ²⁵From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up, and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: (Luke 13:25)

• But now the Lord, having finished the subject of the abuse of judgment and the abuse of grace, indicates the necessity of intercourse with God… Here we have different degrees, increasing measures of earnestness in pleading with God: (“Remarks on Matthew 7” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Askc, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.

JND Translation Notes

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Aiteo, used for supplication. see Note, John 14.16.

W. Kelly Translation

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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.