Verse 8

‹Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.›

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 6:32 : 32 ‹(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.›
  • Ps 38:9 : 9 Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
  • Luke 12:30 : 30 ‹For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.›
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
  • John 16:23-27 : 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.› 25 ‹These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.› 26 ‹At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:› 27 ‹For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.›
  • Ps 69:17-19 : 17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. 19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries [are] all before thee.