Matthew 7:11 Cross References
Matthew 7:11
11: If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
James 1:17
- Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven's lights. Unlike them, he never changes or casts shifting shadows.
Romans 8:32
- Since God did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?
Luke 11:11
- "You fathers--if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead?
- Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not!
- If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him."
Psalms 84:11
- For the LORD God is our light and protector. He gives us grace and glory. No good thing will the LORD withhold from those who do what is right.
John 3:16
- "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
Ephesians 2:1
- Once you were dead, doomed forever because of your many sins.
- You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.
- All of us used to live that way, following the passions and desires of our evil nature. We were born with an evil nature, and we were under God's anger just like everyone else.
- But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much,
- that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's special favor that you have been saved!)
1 John 3:1
- See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his children, and we really are! But the people who belong to this world don't know God, so they don't understand that we are his children.
1 John 4:10
- This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
Psalms 86:15
- But you, O Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to get angry, full of unfailing love and truth.
Genesis 6:5
- Now the LORD observed the extent of the people's wickedness, and he saw that all their thoughts were consistently and totally evil.
Isaiah 49:15
- "Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for a child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you!
Psalms 86:5
- O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive, so full of unfailing love for all who ask your aid.
Micah 7:18
- Where is another God like you, who pardons the sins of the survivors among his people? You cannot stay angry with your people forever, because you delight in showing mercy.
2 Corinthians 9:8
- And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.
- As the Scriptures say, "Godly people give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will never be forgotten."
- For God is the one who gives seed to the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will give you many opportunities to do good, and he will produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
- Yes, you will be enriched so that you can give even more generously. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will break out in thanksgiving to God.
- So two good things will happen--the needs of the Christians in Jerusalem will be met, and they will joyfully express their thanksgiving to God.
Genesis 8:21
- And the LORD was pleased with the sacrifice and said to himself, "I will never again curse the earth, destroying all living things, even though people's thoughts and actions are bent toward evil from childhood.
Psalms 103:11
- For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
- He has removed our rebellious acts as far away from us as the east is from the west.
- The LORD is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.
Isaiah 55:8
- "My thoughts are completely different from yours," says the LORD. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
- For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Luke 2:10
- but the angel reassured them. "Don't be afraid!" he said. "I bring you good news of great joy for everyone!
- The Savior--yes, the Messiah, the Lord--has been born tonight in Bethlehem, the city of David!
Romans 5:8
- But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
- And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's judgment.
- For since we were restored to friendship with God by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be delivered from eternal punishment by his life.
Malachi 1:6
- The LORD Almighty says to the priests: "A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. I am your father and master, but where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have despised my name! "But you ask, `How have we ever despised your name?'
Hosea 11:8
- "Oh, how can I give you up, Israel? How can I let you go? How can I destroy you like Admah and Zeboiim? My heart is torn within me, and my compassion overflows.
- No, I will not punish you as much as my burning anger tells me to. I will not completely destroy Israel, for I am God and not a mere mortal. I am the Holy One living among you, and I will not come to destroy.
Exodus 34:6
- He passed in front of Moses and said, "I am the LORD, I am the LORD, the merciful and gracious God. I am slow to anger and rich in unfailing love and faithfulness.
- I show this unfailing love to many thousands by forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. Even so I do not leave sin unpunished, but I punish the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations."
Titus 3:3
- Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled by others and became slaves to many wicked desires and evil pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy. We hated others, and they hated us.
- But then God our Savior showed us his kindness and love.
- He saved us, not because of the good things we did, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins and gave us a new life through the Holy Spirit.
- He generously poured out the Spirit upon us because of what Jesus Christ our Savior did.
- He declared us not guilty because of his great kindness. And now we know that we will inherit eternal life.
2 Samuel 7:19
- And now, Sovereign LORD, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving me a lasting dynasty! Do you deal with everyone this way, O Sovereign LORD?
Romans 3:19
- Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses and to bring the entire world into judgment before God.
Romans 3:9
- Well then, are we Jews better than others? No, not at all, for we have already shown that all people, whether Jews or Gentiles, are under the power of sin.
Jeremiah 17:9
- "The human heart is most deceitful and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?
Hosea 14:2
- Bring your petitions, and return to the LORD. Say to him, "Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you the sacrifice of praise.
Jeremiah 33:14
- "The day will come, says the LORD, when I will do for Israel and Judah all the good I have promised them.
Psalms 85:12
- Yes, the LORD pours down his blessings. Our land will yield its bountiful crops.
Galatians 3:22
- But the Scriptures have declared that we are all prisoners of sin, so the only way to receive God's promise is to believe in Jesus Christ.
Job 15:16
- How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person with a thirst for wickedness!