"O Lord to you I call: hasten to me; hearken to my voice when I call upon you. Let my prayer come like incense before you; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice" (Psalm 140:102).
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it shall be opened" (Matthew 7:7-8).
"It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins" (II Machabees 12:46).
Further reading
These quotations bring together evening prayer, persistence in asking and prayer for the dead. The Ignatius Bible, Revised Standard Version—Second Catholic Edition, provides the complete biblical books for reading each passage in context; its translation differs from the older wording preserved here.