Psalms 27:8
27:8 My heart tells me to pray to you,
and I do pray to you, O Lord.
Jeremiah 29:13
29:13 When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
Daniel 9:3
9:3 So I turned my attention
to the Lord God
to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Matthew 6:33
6:33 But above all pursue his kingdom
and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 7:7-8
Ask, Seek, Knock
7:7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.
7:8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Luke 11:9-10
11:9 “So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.
11:10 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Luke 13:24
13:24 “Exert every effort
to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
Luke 18:1
Prayer and the Parable of the Persistent Widow
18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.
Hebrews 11:6
11:6 Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.