Quotes About Request

“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”

“Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the kingís question.”

and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.

If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:

Have I ever said, ëGive me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;

Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.

You have granted his heartís desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

Two things I ask of You—do not refuse me before I die:

“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”

The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.

What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”

so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.

Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

Then the mother of Zebedeeís sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.

“What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”

Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want Me to do for you?” He asked.

He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”