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

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.

What hope doe the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

They cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evildoers.

They cried out for help, but there was no one to save them. They cried out to Jehovah, but he did not answer them.

If I had thought about doing anything sinful, Jehovah would not have listened to me.

You will ask for my help, but I will not listen. You will search, but you will not find me.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah! The prayer of the upright is his delight.

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry, but will not be heard.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I cried, and they would not listen. Now they will cry, and I will not listen,' said Jehovah of Hosts!

Jesus told her: You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup I am about to take?

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?

Whatever we ask we receive from Him because we obey His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

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

Ye may

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.

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.

Lusts

What causes wars and fighting among you? Is the cause of fighting your sensual lusts for pleasure that battle within you?

General references

Every one who asks receives. Everyone who seeks will find. It will be opened to everyone who knocks.

But if you continue to bite and devour one another, take care that you do not consume one another.

Do not let that man think that he will receive anything from God.