Matthew 7:11
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will 'Avikah shebashamayim ·your Father in Heaven· give good things to those who ask him!
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10Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
Cross References
Genesis 6:5Adonai saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
Exodus 34:6Adonai passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yud-Hey-Vav-Hey! Yahweh a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in chesed ·loving-kindness· + 34:6. Quoted in James 5:11 and truth,
Psalms 85:12Yes, Adonai will give that which is good. 2 Our land will yield its increase. 1
Psalms 86:15But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, 2 slow to anger, and abundant in chesed ·loving-kindness· and truth. 1
Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, 2 that she should not have racham ·compassionate love· on the son of her womb? 1 Yes, these may forget, 2 yet I will not forget you! 1
Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:8-12
The Sermon on the Mount. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to… Read the whole commentary →