James 1:5

Anyone lacking wisdom—especially to navigate trials—should simply ask God, who gives generously and without scolding. God delights to grant wisdom to those who seek it.

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• Prov 2:3–6if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
• John 15:7If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
• Jer 29:12–13Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
• Prov 3:5–7Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
• 1 Jn 5:14–15And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
• 2 Chr 1:10Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
• Matt 7:7–11Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
• Jas 3:17But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
• 1 Kgs 3:7–12And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
• John 14:13And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• John 16:23–24In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
• Isa 55:6–7Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
• 1 Jn 3:22and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
• Luke 11:9–13So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
• Exod 31:3And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,
• John 4:10Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
• Jas 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
• Exod 31:6Moreover, I have selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, as his assistant. I have also given skill to all the craftsmen, that they may fashion all that I have commanded you:
• 1 Chr 22:12Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.
• Prov 9:4–6“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
• Jas 1:17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
• Job 28:12–28But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
• Dan 2:18–22urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
• Exod 36:1–4“So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”
• Matt 11:20Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
• Mark 16:14Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
• Jer 1:6–7“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
• 2 Cor 2:16To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?
• Luke 15:20–22So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.

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