James 4:3

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

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

But Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup which I am to drink? They say to him, We can.

But Jesus said to them, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

and whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

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

And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, and went abroad into a far country; and there wasted his substance in riotous living.

And he said also to the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused to him as wasting his goods.

Whence are wars and whence are fightings among you? Are they not hence, from your lusts that war in your members?

For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, the door will be opened.

But if ye bite and devour one another, beware lest ye be consumed by one another.

For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,