James 4:2

You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask.

James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.

Proverbs 1:19

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;
it takes the lives of those who receive it.

There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.

Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask. I will not test the Lord.”

Habakkuk 2:5

Moreover, wine betrays;
an arrogant man is never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself;
he collects all the peoples for himself.

Matthew 7:7-8

“Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

Luke 11:9-13

“So I say to you, keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

John 4:10

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would ask Him, and He would give you living water.”

John 16:24

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

James 5:1-5

Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

James 4:2

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Lust

1 Timothy 6:9

General references

Galatians 5:15

Bible References

Lust

Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;
it takes the lives of those who receive it.

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

General references

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.