James 1:5
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5 (A)If any of you lacks wisdom, (B)let him ask God, (C)who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
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Proverbs 2:3-6
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3 yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice (A)for understanding,
4 if you seek it like (B)silver
and search for it as for (C)hidden treasures,
5 then (D)you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.
6 For (E)the Lord gives wisdom;
from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
John 15:7
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7 If (A)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, (B)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
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Jeremiah 29:12-13
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12 (A)Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, (B)and I will hear you. 13 (C)You will seek me and find me, when you seek me (D)with all your heart.
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Proverbs 3:5-7
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1 John 5:14-15
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14 And this is (A)the confidence that we have toward him, that (B)if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
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1 Kings 3:7-12
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7 And now, O Lord my God, (A)you have made your servant king in place of David my father, (B)although I am but a little child. I do not know (C)how to go out or come in. 8 (D)And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, (E)too many to be numbered or counted for multitude. 9 (F)Give your servant therefore an understanding mind (G)to govern your people, that I may (H)discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”
10 It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. 11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, 12 behold, (I)I now do according to your word. Behold, (J)I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.
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Matthew 7:7-11
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Ask, and It Will Be Given
7 (A)“Ask, (B)and it will be given to you; (C)seek, and you will find; (D)knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for (E)bread, will give him (F)a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, (G)who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will (H)your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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2 Chronicles 1:10
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10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge to (A)go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?”
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John 16:23-24
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John 14:13
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13 (A)Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that (B)the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 (A)“Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Luke 11:9-13
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9 And I tell you, (A)ask, and (B)it will be given to you; (C)seek, and you will find; (D)knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 11 What father among you, if his son asks for[a] a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; 12 or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, (E)who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father (F)give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
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- Luke 11:11 Some manuscripts insert bread, will give him a stone; or if he asks for
1 John 3:22
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22 and (A)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and (B)do what pleases him.
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James 5:16
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16 Therefore, (A)confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, (B)that you may be healed. (C)The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.[a]
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- James 5:16 Or The effective prayer of a righteous person has great power
John 4:10
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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 (A)living water.”
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1 Chronicles 22:12
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12 (A)Only, may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
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Exodus 31:6
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6 And behold, I have appointed with him (A)Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men (B)ability, that they may make all that I have commanded you:
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Exodus 31:3
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3 and I have (A)filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,
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Daniel 2:18-22
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18 (A)and told them to seek mercy from the (B)God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not (C)be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in (D)a vision of the night. Then Daniel (E)blessed the (F)God of heaven. 20 Daniel answered and said:
(G)“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
(H)to whom belong wisdom and might.
21 (I)He changes times and seasons;
(J)he removes kings and sets up kings;
(K)he gives wisdom to the wise
(L)and knowledge to those who have understanding;
22 (M)he reveals deep and hidden things;
(N)he knows what is in the darkness,
(O)and the light dwells with him.
James 1:17
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17 (A)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from (B)the Father of lights, (C)with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a]
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- James 1:17 Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning
Matthew 11:20
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Woe to Unrepentant Cities
20 (A)Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.
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Jeremiah 1:6-7
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6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, (A)I do not know how to speak, (B)for I am only a youth.” 7 But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’;
for to all to whom I send you, you shall go,
and (C)whatever I command you, you shall speak.
Proverbs 9:4-6
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4 (A)“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
(B)To him who lacks sense she says,
5 “Come, (C)eat of my bread
and (D)drink of (E)the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave (F)your simple ways,[a] and (G)live,
(H)and walk in the way of insight.”
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- Proverbs 9:6 Or Leave the company of the simple
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