Bible Verses about “questioning”
The Bible contains 27 verses about questioning across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
“But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.”
“"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.”
“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:”
“But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.”
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of Armies, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.”
“For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.”
“"Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
“Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'”
“Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.”
“Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.”
“Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed."”
“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.”
“"I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.”
“But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came.”
“For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.”
“Then he said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don't be unbelieving, but believing."”
“Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!”
“Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"”
“"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"”
“Don't despise prophesies.”
“Don't quench the Spirit.”
“The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."”
“Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,”
“"Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?”
“After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace be to you."”
“One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.”