Matthew 7:7 (KJV)
“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”
Matthew 7:7 is verse of the day number 139 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “Ask, seek, knock”. It comes from Matthew 7, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.
Matthew 7:7 in other translations
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
American Standard Version (ASV)
Matthew 7:7 in context
Matthew 7:4–10 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.
4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Cross-references for Matthew 7:7
Passages most often linked to Matthew 7:7, strongest connections first.
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
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