Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Ask like a beggar; seek like one hunting for treasure; knock like a stranger at the door. Those who would grow rich in grace must take up the poor trade of begging, and it shall thrive. Yet prayer alone is not enough, second your prayers with earnest effort in the appointed means, else you tempt God.

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Commenting on Matthew 7:7-11

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? Which is somewhat like a fish, especially an eel. Fish and bread are mentioned, because these were common food; see Mar 6:41 Joh 21:13 and particularly in Galilee, a fish country, where Christ now was, and from whence he had called his disciples, who were fishermen.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed @jfbcommentary

Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?--like it, indeed, but only to sting him.