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Luke 11:10

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For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
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  1. James 4:3Rank 1 from verse 10
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    3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

  2. Lamentations 3:18Rank 2 from verse 10
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    18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:

  3. Lamentations 3:54–58Rank 3 from verse 10
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    54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

    55¶ I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.

    56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

    57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

    58O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

  4. James 5:11Rank 4 from verse 10
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    11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

  5. Jonah 2:2–8Rank 5 from verse 10
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    2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

    3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

    4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

    5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

    6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

    7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

    8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

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Luke 11:10

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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findeth

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Third-person singular present form of find (to discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience).

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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opened

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of open, meaning to uncover, reveal, or explain.

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9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

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11If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

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