Ask Of God

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that god created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

And they said unto him, ask counsel, we pray thee, of god, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

ask thee a sign of the LORD thy god; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their god: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to god.

• Flattery
• Rulers

All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their god.

And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of god. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of god, god will give it thee.

• Wisdom

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.