Jer 29:12-14, Amo 5:6, Mat 5:25, 7:7-8, 25:11-12, Luk 13:25 | ESV | STEP | Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.

h[See ver. 4 above]

i[Isa. 9:18, 19]

j[See ver. 5 above]

k Luke 12:58, 59

lFor ver. 7-11, see Luke 11:9-13

m ch. 18:19; 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 14:13; 15:7, 16; 16:23, 24; James 1:5, 6, 17; 1 John 3:22; 5:14, 15

n 1 Chr. 28:9; 2 Chr. 15:2; Prov. 8:17; Jer. 29:13; [Isa. 55:6]

o[Rev. 3:20]

p[ch. 7:22, 23]

q[See ver. 11 above]

r ch. 10:33; [2 Tim. 2:19]

sFor ver. 25-27, [Matt. 25:10-12]

t Matt. 7:22, 23

u Matt. 10:33; 25:12; [2 Tim. 2:19]

Jeremiah 29:12-14

12 ^aThen you will call upon me and come and pray to me, ^band I will hear you. 13 ^cYou will seek me and find me, when you seek me ^dwith all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the Lord, ^eand I will restore your fortunes and ^fgather you from all the nations and all the places ^gwhere I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

Amos 5:6

6 ^hSeek the Lord and live,
ⁱlest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for ^jBethel,

Matthew 5:25

25 ^kCome to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.

Matthew 7:7-8

Ask, and It Will Be Given

7 ^l“Ask, ^mand it will be given to you; ⁿseek, and you will find; ^oknock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

Matthew 25:11-12

11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ^p‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ 12 ^qBut he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, ^rI do not know you.’

Luke 13:25

25 ^sWhen once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ^t‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ^u‘I do not know where you come from.’