Matthew 7:7

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Αἰτεῖτε, καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν· ζητεῖτε, καὶ εὑρήσετε· κρούετε, καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν:

Transliteration

Aiteite, and dothēsetai hymin; zēteite, and heurēsete; krouete, and anoigēsetai hymin:

Grammar Details

• *Aiteite*: present active imperative, 2nd person plural - ask/request
• *dothēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be given
• *hymin*: dative plural - to you
• *zēteite*: present active imperative, 2nd person plural - seek/search for
• *heurēsete*: future active indicative, 2nd person plural - you will find
• *krouete*: present active imperative, 2nd person plural - knock/beat
• *anoigēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be opened

Word Meanings

• *aiteite*: ask/request/demand
• *zēteite*: seek/search for/strive for
• *krouete*: knock/beat [on a door]/strike

Referenced Verses

• Matt 21:22 : 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
• 1 John 3:22 : 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
• John 15:7 : 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
• Mark 11:24 : 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
• John 15:16 : 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
• John 14:13-14 : 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
• John 16:23-24 : 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
• Jer 33:3 : 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
• 1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
• Jas 1:5-6 : 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
• Ps 145:18-19 : 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
• Heb 11:6 : 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
• Luke 11:9-9 : 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
• Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• Matt 7:8 : 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
• Jer 29:12-13 : 12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
• Amos 5:4 : 4 For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
• Matt 7:11 : 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
• Matt 18:19 : 19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
• Luke 18:1 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
• Jas 5:15 : 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
• John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
• Prov 8:17 : 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
• Song 3:2 : 2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
• Ps 10:17 : 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
• Ps 27:8 : 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
• Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
• Ps 69:32 : 32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
• Ps 70:4 : 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
• Ps 105:3-4 : 3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
• Ps 119:12 : 12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
• 1 Kgs 3:5 : 5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
• Rom 2:7 : 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
• Rom 3:11 : 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
• Luke 13:25 : 25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
• Rev 3:17-18 : 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and incased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wtched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fi, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.