Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
General references
Bible References
General references
James 4:3
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, even to consume it upon your voluptuousness.
Proverbs 15:8
The LORD abhorreth the sacrifice of the ungodly; but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable to him.
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the ungodly is abomination, for they offer the thing that is gotten with wickedness.
Isaiah 1:15
When ye hold out your hands, I will turn my eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet will I hear nothing at all; for your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 58:3
They seek of me righteous judgments, and will draw nigh unto God. Why have we fasted and thou hast not looked upon it? Have humbled our souls, and thou wouldest not wit it?