The word in Scripture

Ask in the Bible

The word ask appears 109 times in the King James Version of the Bible. To ask is to bring our requests to God in trust. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What ask means in the Bible

To ask is to bring our requests to God in trust.

Where the word ask appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word ask appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.”Psalms 2:8

“Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”Isaiah 7:11

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”Matthew 7:7

“And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.”Matthew 22:46

“Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.”Luke 6:30

“And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.”Luke 19:31

“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.”John 15:7

“Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.”John 21:12