Matthew 7:7-8
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Prayer and the Golden Rule
7 “[a](A)Ask, and (B)it will be given to you; [b]seek, and you will find; [c]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.
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- Matthew 7:7 Or Keep asking
- Matthew 7:7 Or keep seeking
- Matthew 7:7 Or keep knocking
2 Corinthians 5:21
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21 He made Him who (A)knew no sin to be [a](B)sin in our behalf, so that we might become the (C)righteousness of God in Him.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:21 Or a sin offering
James 4:3
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3 You ask and (A)do not receive, because you ask [a]with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request [b]on your pleasures.
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Matthew 7:9-11
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9 Or what person is there among you [a]who, when his son asks for a loaf of bread, [b]will give him a stone? 10 Or [c]if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? 11 So if you, despite being [d]evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, (A)how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
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- Matthew 7:9 Lit whom his son will ask
- Matthew 7:9 Lit he will not give him a stone, will he?
- Matthew 7:10 Lit also will ask
- Matthew 7:11 I.e., as sinful mankind
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
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A Thorn in the Flesh
7 Because of the extraordinary greatness of the (A)revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given to me a (B)thorn in the flesh, a (C)messenger of Satan to [a]torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! 8 Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord (D)three times that it might leave me. 9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for (E)power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather (F)boast [b]about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore (G)I delight in weaknesses, in [c]insults, in (H)distresses, in (I)persecutions, in (J)difficulties, (K)in behalf of Christ; for (L)when I am weak, then I am strong.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:7 Lit beat
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 Lit in
- 2 Corinthians 12:10 Or mistreatment
Proverbs 1:28-29
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28 Then they will (A)call on me, but I will not answer;
They will (B)seek me diligently but will not find me,
29 Because they (C)hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord.
James 4:2
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2 You lust and do not have, so you (A)commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.
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