James 4:3

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Summary

James 4:3

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

Ask, and

Ye may

Luke 15:13

Luke 16:1

Lusts

James 4:1

General references

Luke 11:10

Galatians 5:15

James 1:7

Bible References

Ask, and

But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by wind and tossed about.

For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?

There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

They cried, but there was none to save, even to LORD, but he answered them not.

If I regard iniquity in my heart, LORD will not hear.

Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me,

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

He who stops his ears at the cry of a poor man, he also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.

Therefore thus says LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape. And they shall cry to me, but I will not hearken to them.

When they fast, I will not hear their cry. And when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Then they shall cry to LORD, but he will not answer them. Yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.

And it has come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said LORD of hosts.

But having answered, Jesus said, Ye know not what ye are asking. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am going to drink, or to be immersed the immersion that I am immersed? They say to him, We are able.

But Jesus said to them, Ye know not what ye are asking. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink? And to be immersed the immersion that I am immersed?

and whatever we may ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do things pleasing in his sight.

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Ye may

And not many days after, the younger son, having gathered all together, journeyed into a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth living recklessly.

And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him as squandering things possessed by him.

Lusts

From where are wars and fightings among you? Is it not from here: from your pleasures warring in your body-parts?

General references

For every man who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

But if ye bite and devour each other, watch out that ye be not consumed by each other.

For that man should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord,