• 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
  And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
   
• James 1:6-8
  But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
   
• Isaiah 58:3-5
  'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and You have not seen?
  Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?'
  "In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
  And exploit all your laborers.
  Indeed you fast for strife and debate,
  And to strike with the fist of wickedness.
  You will not fast as you do this day,
  To make your voice heard on high.
  Is it a fast that I have chosen,
  A day for a man to afflict his soul?
  Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
  And to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
  Would you call this a fast,
  And an acceptable day to the LORD?
  
   
• Isaiah 59:1-2
  Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened,
  That it cannot save;
  Nor His ear heavy,
  That it cannot hear.
  But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
  And your sins have hidden His face from you,
  So that He will not hear.
  
   
• Hebrews 11:6
  But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
   
• Isaiah 1:15
  When you spread out your hands,
  I will hide My eyes from you;
  Even though you make many prayers,
  I will not hear.
  Your hands are full of blood.
  
   
• James 4:3
  You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.
   

Related Scriptures

• Psalm 37:4-7
  Delight yourself also in the LORD,
  And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD,
  Trust also in Him,
  And He shall bring it to pass.
  He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light,
  And your justice as the noonday. Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
  Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
  Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
  
   
• Matthew 7:21-23
  "Not everyone who says to Me, "Lord, Lord," shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?" And then I will declare to them, "I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!"
   
• Luke 18:1-8
  Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, saying: "There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, 'Get justice for me from my adversary.' And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, 'Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.'" Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said. And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"
   
• Romans 8:32-39
  He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:
  ' For Your sake we are killed all day long;
  We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.' Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
   
• James 1:5
  If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
   
• 1 John 3:22
  And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
   
• Psalm 13:1
  How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever?
  How long will You hide Your face from me?
  
   
• Psalm 34:19
  Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
  But the LORD delivers him out of them all.
  
   
• Psalm 138:3
  In the day when I cried out, You answered me,
  And made me bold with strength in my soul.
   
• Matthew 21:22
  And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
   
• Mark 11:23
  For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
   
• Luke 11:5-9
  And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs. "So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
   
• John 15:7
  If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
   
• Philippians 4:11
  Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:
   
• 1 Timothy 2:8
  I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;
   
• James 3:16
  For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
   
• 1 John 4:20
  If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
   
• 2 Chronicles 15:1-2
  Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded. And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.