Bible Verses about 'Ask'

You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do… John 14:13

You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. John 14:13	And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Jesus Father prayer
And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for. 1 John 5:15	And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. trust prayer listening

And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. 1 John 5:14	Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. trust prayer listening
You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy. John 16:24	Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. reliability joy receiving
But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! John 15:7	If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. reward Jesus Word of God
You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it. Matthew 21:22	And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive. reliability faith prayer
Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7	Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. reward seeking receiving
If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. James 1:5	If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. wisdom receiving generosity
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. John 14:16	And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever. comforter Holy Spirit Father
And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. Luke 11:9	So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. prayer seeking reliability
But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. James 1:6	But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. trust faith prayer
So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him. Luke 11:13	If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him! Spirit prayer family
You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. James 4:2	You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. sin desires prayer
You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. John 15:16	You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. obedience prayer calling
This is what the Lord says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, ‘No, that’s not the road we want!’” Jeremiah 6:16	Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’” rest soul goodness
Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence. And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him. 1 John 3:21-22	Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. trust law obedience
I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours. Mark 11:24	Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. faith prayer receiving
Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21	Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. humility worship strength
Give to anyone who asks; and when things are taken away from you, don’t try to get them back. Luke 6:30	Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. debt giving generosity
Don’t long for “the good old days.” This is not wise. Ecclesiastes 7:10	Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not inquire wisely concerning this. wisdom life
Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come. Jeremiah 33:3	Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. prayer understanding listening
Don’t you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands of angels to protect us, and he would send them instantly? Matthew 26:53	Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? protection Jesus angels
O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive, so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help. Psalm 86:5	For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You. reliability love forgiveness
The Lord says, “I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help. I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’ to a nation that did not call on my name.” Isaiah 65:1	I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ To a nation that was not called by My name. seeking listening calling
I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. John 17:15	I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. safety mediator evil

The one thing I ask of the Lord— the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.

One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple.