Verse 22

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him.

Referenced Verses

  • Mark 11:24 : 24 For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
  • Matt 21:22 : 22 And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive.”
  • John 9:31 : 31 We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.
  • John 15:7 : 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you.
  • 1 John 5:14 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
  • Jas 5:16 : 16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
  • John 16:23-24 : 23 At that time you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. 24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.
  • John 14:13 : 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  • John 8:29 : 29 And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him.”
  • Luke 11:9-9 : 9 “So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 11 What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, Seek, Knock“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
  • Matt 7:24-25 : 24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock.
  • John 6:29 : 29 Jesus replied,“This is the deed God requires– to believe in the one whom he sent.”
  • Prov 15:29 : 29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby! 7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
  • Jer 29:12-13 : 12 When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers. 13 When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
  • Ps 34:4 : 4 I sought the LORD’s help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
  • Ps 34:15-17 : 15 The LORD pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help. 16 But the LORD opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth. 17 The godly cry out and the LORD hears; he saves them from all their troubles.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”
  • Ps 66:18-19 : 18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.
  • Ps 145:18-19 : 18 The LORD is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely. 19 He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.