1 John 5:14
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14 And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
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Jeremiah 29:12-13
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12 Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.(A) 13 When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart,(B)
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Jeremiah 33:3
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3 Call to me, and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.(A)
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John 14:13
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13 I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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1 John 3:21-22
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21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God, 22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.(A)
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John 15:7
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7 If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.(A)
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Matthew 7:7-11
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Ask, Search, Knock
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.(A) 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.(B) 9 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asked for bread, would give a stone? 10 Or if the child asked for a fish, would give a snake? 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!
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Matthew 21:22
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22 Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.”(A)
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Psalm 34:17
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17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and rescues them from all their troubles.(A)
James 4:3
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3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, in order to spend what you get on your pleasures.(A)
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Ephesians 3:12
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12 in whom we have access in boldness and confidence through faith in him.[a](A)
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- 3.12 Or the faith of him
1 John 2:28
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28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.(A)
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John 16:24
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24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.(A)
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John 9:31
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31 We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will.(A)
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Psalm 31:22
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22 I had said in my alarm,
“I am driven far[a] from your sight.”
But you heard my supplications
when I cried out to you for help.(A)
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- 31.22 Heb mss: MT cut off
James 5:16
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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.(A)
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James 1:5-6
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5 If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.(A) 6 But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.(B)
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Hebrews 10:35
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35 Do not, therefore, abandon that boldness of yours; it brings a great reward.
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Proverbs 15:29
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29 The Lord is far from the wicked,
but he hears the prayer of the righteous.(A)
Psalm 69:33
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33 For the Lord hears the needy
and does not despise his own who are in bonds.(A)
Hebrews 3:6
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6 Christ, however, was faithful over God’s[a] house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm[b] the boldness and the pride inspired by hope.(A)
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John 11:42
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42 I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.”(A)
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Job 34:28
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28 so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him,
and he heard the cry of the afflicted—(A)
Hebrews 3:14
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14 For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end.
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