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Matthew 6:33

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

James 4:2–3

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not. — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 3:1–17

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 13:5

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

Colossians 3:2

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth.

Philippians 4:6

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Mark 11:24

Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

1 John 5:14–15

And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: — read the full passage →

Philippians 4:19

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:11–13

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content. — read the full passage →

Luke 12:15

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

John 15:7

If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

Matthew 7:7–8

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 6:6–10

But godliness with contentment is great gain: — read the full passage →

Hebrews 11:6

and without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing unto him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek after him.

Luke 1:37

For no word from God shall be void of power.

Matthew 7:7

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

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is assurance ofthingshoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Romans 12:3

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

Romans 12:2

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Galatians 5:16

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

1 John 3:22

and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Revelation 1:1–20

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 9:8

And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work:

Matthew 21:22

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Matthew 6:8

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

Philippians 4:6–7

In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

Luke 12:31

Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:25–34

Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 6:8

but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

Romans 10:1

Brethren, my heart’s desire and my supplication to God is for them, that they may be saved.

Luke 11:9–10

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. — read the full passage →

1 John 1:9

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

Philippians 2:13

for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

Romans 7:18

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.

Mark 4:1–41

And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land. — read the full passage →

1 John 4:19

We love, because he first loved us.

1 John 2:15–17

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

James 4:1–3

Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

1 Timothy 6:9–10

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition. — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:16–17

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

Romans 7:18–19

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but to do that which is good is not. — read the full passage →

Mark 10:35–37

And there come near unto him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying unto him, Teacher, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall ask of thee. — read the full passage →

Matthew 20:21

And he said unto her, What wouldest thou? She saith unto him, Command that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left hand, in thy kingdom.

James 4:2

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

John 10:10

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

James 1:14–15

but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Romans 5:8

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

John 16:33

These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

John 15:5

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

Matthew 6:19–21

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

1 John 3:1

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Philippians 4:12

I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

Luke 9:23

And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Luke 2:52

And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

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