Luke 11:12

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Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

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  • Ezek 2:6 : 6 You, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not fear though briars, thorns, or scorpions are around you. Do not be afraid of their words or terrified by their presence, for they are a rebellious house.
  • Luke 10:19 : 19 Behold, I have given you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
  • Rev 9:10 : 10 They had tails with stingers like scorpions, and in their tails, they had power to harm people for five months.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 11:7-11
    5 verses
    89%

    7And suppose the one inside answers, “Don’t bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up to give you anything.”

    8I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will surely get up and give him as much as he needs.

    9So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

    10For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

    11Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a piece of bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

  • Matt 7:6-11
    6 verses
    88%

    6Do not give what is holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to tear you to pieces.

    7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

    8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened.

    9Or which one of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

    10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?

    11If you then, being 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?

  • Luke 11:13
    82%

    13If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!

  • Matt 6:8
    65%

    8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

  • Luke 11:3-5
    3 verses
    65%

    3Give us each day our daily bread.

    4Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.'

    5Then He said to them, 'Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, “Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

  • Luke 15:11
    65%

    11Then He said, 'There was a man who had two sons.'

  • Matt 12:39
    64%

    39But He answered them, 'An evil and unfaithful generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.'

  • Luke 11:19
    64%

    19Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore, they will be your judges.

  • Matt 6:11
    64%

    11Give us today our daily bread.

  • Luke 6:30
    64%

    30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

  • Mark 10:35-36
    2 verses
    64%

    35Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, 'Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.'

    36'What do you want me to do for you?' he asked.

  • Matt 12:11
    64%

    11He said to them, 'Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out?

  • Matt 12:33-34
    2 verses
    64%

    33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

    34You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

  • Luke 3:7
    63%

    7John said to the crowds coming to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?"

  • Mark 11:26
    63%

    26'But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.'

  • Lam 4:4
    63%

    4The tongue of the nursing infant clings to the roof of its mouth because of thirst. The children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.

  • Matt 6:31
    63%

    31So do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'

  • 1 Kgs 12:11
    63%

    11Now, my father laid a heavy yoke on you, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips; I will discipline you with scorpions.'"

  • Luke 17:8
    63%

    8Instead, won't he say to him, ‘Prepare my dinner, make yourself ready and serve me while I eat and drink; after that, you may eat and drink’?

  • Mark 8:37
    63%

    37Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

  • Matt 18:14
    63%

    14In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that any of these little ones should perish.

  • Job 6:6
    62%

    6Can something tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?

  • Luke 11:16
    62%

    16Others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.

  • Job 39:13
    62%

    13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?

  • Mark 11:29
    62%

    29Jesus said to them, 'I will ask you one question. If you answer me, then I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.'

  • Matt 6:26
    62%

    26Look at the birds of the sky: they do not sow, they do not reap, and they do not store away in barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they are?

  • Luke 10:19
    62%

    19Behold, I have given you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

  • Matt 12:27
    62%

    27And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore, they will be your judges.

  • Luke 12:30
    62%

    30For all the nations of the world eagerly seek these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

  • Matt 23:33
    62%

    33You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell?

  • Jas 1:5
    62%

    5If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without rebuke, and it will be given to him.

  • Matt 11:15
    62%

    15He who has ears, let him hear.

  • Matt 14:7
    62%

    7Therefore, he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

  • 2 Chr 10:11
    62%

    11My father laid a heavy yoke on you; I will make it even heavier. My father disciplined you with whips; I will discipline you with scorpions."

  • Mark 8:12
    62%

    12Sighing deeply in his spirit, he said, 'Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.'

  • Luke 22:68
    62%

    68And if I ask you, you will not answer, and you will not release me.

  • Luke 17:2
    62%

    2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.