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Alms: Asking John 9:8

At this, his neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging began to ask, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

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Alms: Asking Acts 3:2

And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts.

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Asking Matthew 7:7

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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Asking 1 John 3:22

and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

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Asking James 4:3

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

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Asking for Forgiveness 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Asking for Forgiveness James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

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Asking for Forgiveness Matthew 18:15

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

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Asking for Forgiveness Matthew 5:23, 24

So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

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Asking for Forgiveness Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

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Asking for Forgiveness Hebrews 10:26

If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

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Asking for Forgiveness Matthew 6:14

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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Asking for Forgiveness Acts 2:38

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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Asking for Forgiveness Romans 5:8

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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Asking for Forgiveness Luke 13:3

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

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Asking for Help John 14:13, 14

And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. / If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.

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Asking for Help Psalm 121:2

My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

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Asking for Help Matthew 7:7

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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Asking for Help Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

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Asking for Help Matthew 11:28

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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Asking for Help John 15:16

You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

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Asking for Help Jeremiah 31:16

This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.

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Asking for Help Isaiah 41:10

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

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Asking for Help James 4:2

You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.

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Asking for Help Nahum 1:13

For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”

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Asking for Money Matthew 5:42

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

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Asking for Money 2 Corinthians 9:7

Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

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Asking for Money Deuteronomy 8:18

But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

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Asking for Money 1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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Asking for Money Proverbs 3:9

Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;

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Asking for Money 1 Timothy 6:17–19

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy. / Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share, / treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

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Asking for Money 2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

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Asking for Money 1 John 3:16–18

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. / If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? / Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

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Asking for Money Ezekiel 18:8, 9

He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men. / He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

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Asking for Money 1 Corinthians 16:2

On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.

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Asking Forgiveness 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Asking Forgiveness Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

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Asking Forgiveness Matthew 12:36

But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

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Asking Forgiveness Romans 12:20

On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

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Asking in Prayer Matthew 21:22

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

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Asking in Prayer 1 John 5:14

And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

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Asking in Prayer John 14:13

And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

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Asking in Prayer Matthew 7:7

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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Asking in Prayer James 4:3

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

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Asking in Prayer John 16:24

Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

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Asking in Prayer Mark 11:24

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

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Asking in Prayer James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

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Asking in Prayer 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Asking in Prayer James 1:6–8

But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. / That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. / He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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Asking Permission Matthew 7:7

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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Asking Permission Matthew 21:22

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

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Asking Permission 2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

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Asking Permission John 14:13, 14

And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. / If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.

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Asking Permission James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

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Asking Permission John 15:7

If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

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Asking Permission 1 John 5:14, 15

And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. / And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

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Asking Permission 1 Peter 5:8

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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Complicity: The Daughter of Herodias, in Asking for the Head of John the Baptist Matthew 14:8

Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

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Complicity: The Daughter of Herodias, in Asking for the Head of John the Baptist Mark 6:25

At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

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Masking by Tamar Genesis 38:14

she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

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Motive: Misunderstood: The Tribes of Reuben and Gad, in Asking for Their Inheritance East of the Jordan River Numbers 32:1–33

Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock. / So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said, / “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

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Multitasking Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.

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Multitasking James 1:8

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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Multitasking Luke 10:41

“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.

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Prayer: Answered: David, Asking About Ziklag 1 Samuel 30:8

and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”

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Prayer: Answered: David, Asking Whether he should Go Into Judah After Saul's Death 2 Samuel 2:1

Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.

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Prayer: Answered: David, Asking Whether he should Go to War Against the Philistines 2 Samuel 5:19–25

So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.” / So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim. / There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.

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Prayer: Answered: David, Asking Whether Keilah Would be Delivered Into his Hands 1 Samuel 23:10–12

And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account. / Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD. / So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.

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Prayer: Answered: Elijah, Asking for Rain 1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

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Prayer: Answered: Elijah, Asking for Rain 1 Kings 18:1, 42–45

After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.” / So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees. / Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

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Prayer: Answered: Elijah, Asking for Rain James 5:17

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

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Prayer: Answered: Gideon, Asking for the Token of Dew Judges 6:36–40

Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said, / then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.” / And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.

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Prayer: Answered: Hannah, Asking to Give Birth to a Child 1 Samuel 1:10–17, 19, 20

In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears. / And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.” / As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.

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Prayer: Answered: Jabez, Asking for Prosperity 1 Chronicles 4:10

And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.

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Prayer: Answered: Manoah, Asking About Samson Judges 13:8, 9

Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.” / And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.

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Prayer: Answered: Peter, Asking That Tabitha (Dorcas) be Restored to Life Acts 9:40

Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

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Prayer: Answered: Samson, Asking for Strength Judges 16:28–30

Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.” / And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other, / Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.

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Prayer: Answered: Solomon, Asking for Wisdom 1 Kings 3:1–13

Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem. / The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built. / And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

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Prayer: Answered: Solomon, Asking for Wisdom 1 Kings 9:2, 3

the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. / And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

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Presumption in Asking Jesus, |What Will This Man Do?| John 21:20–22

Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to betray You?” / When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?” / Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!”

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Repentance in Asking for a King 1 Samuel 12:16–20

Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes. / Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.” / So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

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Saul: Sends Messengers to Jesse, Asking That David be Sent to Him As a Musician and an Armor-Bearer 1 Samuel 16:17–23

And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.” / One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.” / So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”

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