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 without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

There they cry out, but He does not answer,
because of the pride of evil men.

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.

Then they will call me, but I won’t answer;
they will search for me, but won’t find me.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.

When you lift up your hands in prayer,
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.

“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not hear them.

If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
but He will not answer them.
He will hide His face from them at that time
because of the crimes they have committed.

Just as He had called, and they would not listen, so when they called, I would not listen,” says the Lord of Hosts.

But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?”

“We are able,” they said to Him.

But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”

and can receive whatever we ask from Him because we keep His commands and do what is pleasing in His sight.

Now this is the confidence we have before Him: Whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

Ye may

Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.

He also said to the disciples: “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions.

Lusts

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you?

General references

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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

That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.