James 4:3

you do ask and you do not get it, because you ask with the wicked intention of spending it on your pleasures.

1 John 5:14

Now the confidence we have in him is this, that he listens to us whenever we ask anything in accordance with his will;

1 John 3:22

and we get from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight.

Matthew 20:22

Jesus replied, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."

Mark 10:38

Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I have to drink, or undergo the baptism I have to undergo?"

Luke 15:13

Not many days later, the younger son sold off everything and went abroad to a distant land, where he squandered his means in loose living.

Luke 15:30

But as soon as this son of yours arrives, after having wasted your means with harlots, you kill the fatted calf for him!'

Luke 16:1-2

He also said to the disciples: "There was a rich man who had a factor, and this factor, he found, was accused of misapplying his property.

James 1:6-7

Only, let him ask in faith, with never a doubt; for the doubtful man is like surge of the sea whirled and swayed by the wind;

James 4:1

Where do conflicts, where do wrangles come from, in your midst? Is it not from these passions of yours that war among your members?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Lusts

General references

Bible References

Ask, and

James 1:6
Only, let him ask in faith, with never a doubt; for the doubtful man is like surge of the sea whirled and swayed by the wind;
Matthew 20:22
Jesus replied, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?" They said to him, "We can."
Mark 10:38
Jesus said, "You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I have to drink, or undergo the baptism I have to undergo?"
1 John 3:22
and we get from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commands and do what is pleasing in his sight.
1 John 5:14
Now the confidence we have in him is this, that he listens to us whenever we ask anything in accordance with his will;

Ye may

Luke 15:13
Not many days later, the younger son sold off everything and went abroad to a distant land, where he squandered his means in loose living.
Luke 16:1
He also said to the disciples: "There was a rich man who had a factor, and this factor, he found, was accused of misapplying his property.

Lusts

James 4:1
Where do conflicts, where do wrangles come from, in your midst? Is it not from these passions of yours that war among your members?

General references

Luke 11:10
for everyone who asks receives, the seeker finds, the door is opened to anyone who knocks.
Galatians 5:15
(whereas, if you snap at each other and prey upon each other, take care in case you destroy one another).
James 1:7
that man need not imagine he will get anything from God,