Verse of the Day
Matthew 7:7 NIV
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."
Translations of Today's Verse
King James Version
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.English Standard Version
The Message
"Don't bargain with God. Be direct. Ask for what you need.New King James Version
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."New Living Translation
"Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened."Matthew 7:7 In-Context
5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
6 "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
9 "Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
This Week's Daily Bible Verses
Tuesday, August 11
Romans 2:5-6
But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. God "will give to each person according to what he has done."
Read all of Romans 2 NIVMonday, August 10
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
Read all of Hebrews 13 NIVSunday, August 09
Proverbs 18:6
A fool's lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
Read all of Proverbs 18 NIVSaturday, August 08
Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Read all of Psalm 119 NIVFriday, August 07
Mark 8:34-35
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it."
Read all of Mark 8 NIVThursday, August 06
1 John 4:21
And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Read all of 1 John 4 NIVWednesday, August 05
Psalm 34:10
The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
Read all of Psalm 34 NIVBrowse Daily Bible Verses
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Commentary on Today's Verse
Commentary on Matthew 7:7-11
(Read Matthew 7:7-11)
Prayer is the appointed means for obtaining what we need. Pray; pray often; make a business of prayer, and be serious and earnest in it. Ask, as a beggar asks alms. Ask, as a traveller asks the way. Seek, as for a thing of value that we have lost; or as the merchantman that seeks goodly pearls. Knock, as he that desires to enter into the house knocks at the door. Sin has shut and barred the door against us; by prayer we knock. Whatever you pray for, according to the promise, shall be given you, if God see it fit for you, and what would you have more? This is made to apply to all that pray aright; every one that asketh receiveth, whether Jew or Gentile, young or old, rich or poor, high or low, master or servant, learned or unlearned, all are alike welcome to the throne of grace, if they come in faith. It is explained by a comparison taken from earthly parents, and their readiness to give their children what they ask. Parents are often foolishly fond, but God is all-wise; he knows what we need, what we desire, and what is fit for us. Let us never suppose our heavenly Father would bid us pray, and then refuse to hear, or give us what would be hurtful.