Bible Verses About Questioning
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for questioning, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,822 votes, led by 1 Thessalonians 5:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Questioning
1 Thessalonians 5:21138 votes
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Acts 17:11132 votes
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
1 Peter 3:15109 votes
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
John 20:24-2988 votes
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
James 1:582 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Matthew 7:780 votes
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Matthew 7:7-878 votes
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Job 38:1-376 votes
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Isaiah 1:1872 votes
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Proverbs 25:268 votes
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Malachi 3:1058 votes
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Luke 11:9-1056 votes
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
James 1:5-649 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Luke 11:946 votes
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
1 Thessalonians 5:19-2141 votes
Quench not the Spirit.
1 John 4:141 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Matthew 22:35-3740 votes
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
John 20:2737 votes
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
Matthew 22:3736 votes
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Job 38:333 votes
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Psalms 22:130 votes
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Psalms 22:1-229 votes
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Acts 17:10-1129 votes
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Habakkuk 1:225 votes
O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
Mark 9:14-2925 votes
And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
What does the Bible say about questioning?
Readers most often cite 1 Thessalonians 5:21 on the subject of questioning. Across 1,822 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 17:11, 1 Peter 3:15, John 20:24-29. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.