James 4:3
You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly (with bad motives) that you may spend it on your pleasures.
1 John 5:14
This is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
1 John 3:22
Whatever we ask we receive from Him because we obey His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
Psalm 18:41
They cried out for help, but there was no one to save them. They cried out to Jehovah, but he did not answer them.
Job 27:8-10
What hope doe the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Job 35:12
They cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evildoers.
Psalm 66:18-19
If I had thought about doing anything sinful, Jehovah would not have listened to me.
Proverbs 1:28
You will ask for my help, but I will not listen. You will search, but you will not find me.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah! The prayer of the upright is his delight.
Proverbs 21:13
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry, but will not be heard.
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination! How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind?
Isaiah 1:15-16
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you. Even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen because your hands are full of blood.
Jeremiah 11:11
Therefore Jehovah says: 'I am going to bring a disaster on them that they cannot escape. Although they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them.
Jeremiah 11:14
Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not cry or pray for them. I will not listen when they call to me for help in times of trouble.
Jeremiah 14:12
Even if they go without food, I will not listen to their cries for help. Even if they sacrifice burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not be pleased with them. But I will destroy these people with wars, famines, and plagues.
Micah 3:4
They will cry to Jehovah but he will not answer them. In fact, he will hide his face from them at that time because they have done evil things.
Zechariah 7:13
I cried, and they would not listen. Now they will cry, and I will not listen,' said Jehovah of Hosts!
Matthew 20:22
Jesus told her: You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup I am about to take?
Mark 10:38
You do not know what you ask, Jesus replied. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink? Are you able to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
Luke 15:13
In a short time the younger son sold his share of the property. He left home with the money and traveled to a far away country where he wasted his money in reckless living.
Luke 15:30
This son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes. When he comes home you kill the prize calf for him!
Luke 16:1-2
Jesus told his disciples: There was a rich man who had a servant who managed his property. The rich man learned that the manager was accused of wasting his master's money.
James 1:6-7
However he must ask in faith, not doubting: for he who doubts is like a surging wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
James 4:1
What causes wars and fighting among you? Is the cause of fighting your sensual lusts for pleasure that battle within you?