James 4:2

You people desire something and yet do not have it, [so] you murder [to get it]. You are envious [of what someone has] and [yet] are not able to obtain it, [so] you fight and quarrel [over it]. You do not have [what you want] because you do not ask [God for it].

James 1:5

But if any one of you lacks wisdom, he should pray to God, who gives to everyone generously and does not begrudge [the person who asks], and it will be given to him.

Matthew 7:7-8

"Ask [God for something] and it will be given to you; look [to God for something] and you will find it; knock [on the door of opportunity] and it will be opened up to you.

Luke 11:9-13

And I tell you, ask [God for something] and it will be given to you; look [to God for something] and you will find it; knock [on the door of opportunity] and it will be opened up to you.

John 4:10

Jesus answered her, "If you [only] knew the [real] gift of God, and who it is that said to you, '[Please], give me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."

John 16:24

Up until now you have not asked for anything in my name. [So now] ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be complete.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

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

James 5:1-5

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

Lust

James 5:1
Come on now, you rich people, cry and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those people who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and [spiritual] destruction.

General references

Galatians 5:15
But if you [unlovingly] bite and eat one another [i.e., figuratively], be careful that you do not totally consume one another.